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The floating plant took more than a decade to build at high cost and has been dubbed the "nuclear Titanic" over safety concerns.. Stock photo: Depositphotos
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The wind and rain whipped by as crew members stepped outside for a quick smoke - but the world's only floating nuclear power plant barely shifted in the choppy waves of Kola Bay.
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