For my own 2008 voyage to the North Pole on a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker, see “Nuclear Ninety North”. Here is a tour of the ship and a visit below decks to see the machinery that makes it go.
Google translation of article from portnews.ru:
16 January 2024 13:54
The fifth serial nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220 will be laid down at the Baltic Plant on January 26
Currently, three nuclear-powered ships of Project 22220 are in operation on the Northern Sea Route.
The Baltic Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC) will lay down the fifth serial universal nuclear icebreaker (SUAL) of Project 22220 on January 26, 2024, the press service of the enterprise reports.
Currently in operation on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) are universal nuclear-powered icebreakers of Project 22220: the lead nuclear-powered icebreaker “Arktika” (put into operation in 2020), the first series - “Sibir” (put into operation in 2021) and the second serial - " Ural" (introduced in 2022). Currently, construction of the universal nuclear icebreakers “Yakutia” and “Chukotka” continues in St. Petersburg.
As IAA PortNews reported , in February 2023, FSUE Atomflot and the Baltic Shipyard signed a contract for the construction of the fifth and sixth serial nuclear-powered ships of Project 22220. It was assumed that they would receive the names “Kamchatka” and “Sakhalin”. Commissioning of the fifth serial UAL is scheduled for December 2028, the sixth - for December 2030.
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Main characteristics of the universal nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220: length - 173.3 m (160 m according to the waterline); width - 34 m (33 m along the vertical line); side height - 15.2 m, power - 60 MW (on shafts); speed - 22 knots (in clear water), draft - 10.5 m/9.03 m; maximum ice penetration – up to 3 m; displacement - 33,540 tons; design service life - 40 years; crew size - 54 people.
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