Plans to begin a shutdown procedure of the Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant plant in mid 2019 have been announced, and it will be replaced by the floating nuclear power station named after a Russian polymath, scientist, and writer, who discovered the atmosphere of the planet Venus.
 The ship was named after Academician Mikhail Lomonosov. 
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov ( ; Russian:  ()   ; ] ; November 19[O.S. November 8]1711  April 15[O.S. April 4]1765 ) was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. 
 Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the Law of Mass Conservation in chemical reactions. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. 
 Plans to begin a shutdown procedure of the plant in 2019 have been announced, and it will be replaced by the floating nuclear power station "Akademik Lomonosov". 
