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Detailed explanation-1: -Russia has launched the worlds first floating nuclear power station Akademik Lomonosov at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk, where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The world’s first floating nuclear plant was a 10-megawatt reactor built by the US for its military base at the Panama Canal in the 1960s. At present, Russia is the only country with an operating sea-based nuclear power platform, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first nuclear power reactors built in India were two BWRs at Tarapur, constructed by GE as turnkey projects through Indo-US cooperation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Homi J. Bhabha, the founder of the Indian Nuclear Program, “Research reactors are the cornerstone of the Nuclear Program.” As a result, Apsara, Asia’s first research reactor, became operational at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Trombay in August 1956.

Detailed explanation-5: -APSARA (India’s First Nuclear Research Reactor) Was Commissioned - [August 4, 1956] This Day in History. On 4 August 1956, Nuclear Research Reactor APSARA was commissioned by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). APSARA was the first Nuclear Research Reactor in India and also Asia.