Nuclear-powered icebreaker - Wikipedia
WEBA nuclear-powered icebreaker is an icebreaker with an onboard nuclear power plant that produces power for the vessel's propulsion system.
Arktika-class icebreaker - Wikipedia
WEBThe Arktika class is a Russian (formerly Soviet) class of nuclear-powered icebreakers. Also known by their Russian designations Project 10520 (first two ships) and Project 10521 (from third ship onwards), they were the world's largest and most powerful icebreakers until the 2016 launch of the first Project 22220 icebreaker , also named Arktika .
World’s Most Capable Icebreakers: Russia’s New Arktika Class
WEBThe nuclear-powered icebreakers Arktika and Sibir—the first two in a class of five—are fully operational and were accepted into Russia’s Rosatomflot fleet in late 2021 and early 2022. Both are escorting commercial cargo vessels in winter sea ice along the Northern Sea Route (NSR)—Russia’s National Arctic Waterway.
Project 22220 icebreaker - Wikipedia
WEBThe ice class of Project 22220 icebreakers, Icebreaker9, is the highest assigned by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) and allows operation in up to 4 metres (13 ft) thick ice during the winter and spring navigating period.
Arktika Icebreaker: Russia's New Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker Ship
WEBSep 24, 2020 · Russia’s newest icebreaker, the nuclear-powered Arktika, is headed to its new homeport in St. Petersburg, Russia. The ship, painted in the colors of the Russian state flag, will operate north...
How Russia’s Icebreakers Came To Dominate The Frozen Seas
WEBJan 11, 2020 · The Yermak (right) crunching through sea ice to rescue a trapped Russian battleship in 1900. The steam-powered icebreaker was initially driven by four propellers -- three at the rear and one in...
Putin touts Russia's 'Arctic power' with launch of nuclear icebreakers
WEBNov 22, 2022 · Putin said a super-powerful nuclear 209-metre icebreaker known as "Rossiya", with a displacement of up to 71,380 tonnes, would be completed by 2027. It will be able to break through ice four...
Russia Launches World's Biggest, Most Powerful Icebreaker
WEBJun 16, 2016 · Russia launched the world's biggest, most powerful icebreaker on Thursday in St. Petersburg. The Arktika is 568 feet long and powered by two nuclear reactors. It can break through ice 13 feet...
Russia touts huge new nuclear-powered icebreaker as proof ... - CBS News
WEBSep 22, 2020 · St. Petersburg — Russia's new flagship nuclear-powered icebreaker, said to be the world's largest and most powerful, left a shipyard on Tuesday headed for the Arctic. The massive ship is the...
Meet 'Ural,' Russia's New Nuclear-Powered Icebreaking Behemoth
WEBMay 28, 2019 · Russia’s state nuclear agency has launched a new icebreaker, Ural, as part of the country’s plans to dominate the newly warming Arctic region. The nuclear-powered ship is one of three new...
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