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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Russia. Russia has developed the world’s first floating nuclear plant.

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: -Russia already has one floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, which is stationed at Pevek where it supplies heat and power to the town. This is based on two KLT-40S reactors generating 35 MWe each, which are similar to those used in a previous generation of nuclear powered icebreakers.

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: -Tarapur Atomic Power Plant-1 (TAPS-1) is the first and the oldest Nuclear Power Station In India.