The agreement was authorized from another location by FSUE Atomflot basic supervisor Mustafa Kashka, in Murmansk
Russian state-owned atomic energy firm records that its subsidiary FSUE Atomflot, the globe’s only driver of nuclear powered icebreakers, has actually authorized an agreement with shipbuilder Zvezda LLC for building and construction of a brand-new nuclear icebreaker, the Leader.
The agreement was authorized from another location by FSUE Atomflot basic supervisor Mustafa Kashka, in Murmansk, and also Zvezda LLC basic supervisor Sergey Tseluyko, in Vladivostok.
The vessel is anticipated to be appointed in 2027.
“Today, an important step has been taken in the history of [Russia’s] nuclear icebreaker fleet,” commentedMustafa Kashka “Leader will be equipped with two state-of-the-art RITM-400 nuclear reactors developed by Rosatom specialists, giving the vessel a total capacity of 120 MW, which will allow it to overcome ice more than 4 meters thick. The commissioning of this nuclear icebreaker will allow us to guarantee safe and regular operations in the eastern region of the Arctic Ocean, year-round navigation in the waters of the Northern Sea Route, and new possibilities for carving out high-latitude commercial routes.”
According to Rosatom, the icebreaker will certainly have the complying with major features:
- Power ability: 120 MW (on prop shafts);
- Maximum rate: 22 knots (in clear water);
- Length: 209 meters;
- Width: 47.7 meters;
- Maximum ice infiltration: 4 meters;
- Displacement: concerning 69,700 tonnes.
Main power devices
- A nuclear power system geared up with 2 RITM-400 activators;
- A vapor wind turbine device geared up with 4 turbo-generators, each with a power ability of 37 MW;
- An electrical propulsion system geared up with 4 prop electric motors, each with a power ability of 30 MW.
