Atomic icebreaker

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Atomic Icebreaker Yamal (2009)

An atomic icebreaker is an icebreaker qualified ship powered by a nuclear reactor .

history

The world's first nuclear icebreaker Lenin was launched in the Soviet Union on December 5, 1957 . It was mainly used as a means of transport to keep the Northeast Passage free , to transport goods, for research purposes and to supply the inhabitants of northern Siberia.

The Soviet nuclear icebreaker Arktika of the 2nd generation reached the geographic North Pole of the earth for the first time on August 17, 1977 , something that had previously only been possible with submarines . In 1990 foreign tourists were taken to the North Pole for the first time in the atomic icebreaker Rossiya . The atomic icebreakers Sovetskiy Soyuz and Yamal have recently been taking tourists to the North Pole about five times a year.

The atomic icebreaker Lenin is currently being reconstructed and converted into a museum, information center and business center; in May 2009, the first part of the museum for the development of the Arctic and the northern sea route was opened.

In addition to the Arktika-class icebreakers for the sea, the river icebreakers of the Taimyr-class Waigach and Taimyr were built.

As the last icebreaker of the second generation, the ship 50 Let Pobedy (50th anniversary of the victory) was put into service on April 2, 2007 . But it was launched in 1993.

In 2007 Russia had six nuclear icebreakers, the most modern of which was the 50 Let Pobedy , which is also the strongest and largest ship in its class to date. In 2017, another nuclear icebreaker Sibir was added for the Arctic fleet. Two more icebreakers, Arktika and Ural , are under construction.

Surname Indienst-
position 		Project
number 		Type class reactor Reactor
generation 		comment
Lenin 1959 92M Icebreaker Lenin 3 × OK-150
from 1970 2 × OK-900 		1
2		 1970 Reactor exchange during modernization, shut down in 1989, conversion to a museum ship
Arktika 1975 1052-1 Icebreaker Arktika 2 × OK-900A 2 not in operation since 2008
Sibir 1977 1052-2 Icebreaker Arktika 2 × OK-900A 2 not in service since 1993, fuel rods used up
Rossiya 1985 10521-1 Icebreaker Arktika 2 × OK-900A 2 Decommissioned on July 10, 2013
Sevmorput 1988 10081 Container Ship Sevmorput 1 × KLT-40 3 Last nuclear cargo ship in the world, decommissioned in 2012, back in service since 2015, has reinforced side walls and icebreaker bow
Tajmyr 1989 10580-1 River icebreaker Tajmyr 1 × KLT-40M 3
Sovetskiy Soyuz 1990 10521-2 Icebreaker Arktika 2 × OK-900A 2 not in operation since 2014
Waigatsch 1990 10580-2 River icebreaker Tajmyr 1 × KLT-40M 3
Yamal 1993 10521-3 Icebreaker Arktika 2 × OK-900A 2
50 Let Pobedy 2007 10521 Icebreaker Arktika 2 × OK-900A 2 Construction began in 1989 as the Urals

See also

Web links

Commons : Atomic Icebreaker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nuclear-Powered Ships. World Nuclear Association, May 2020, accessed May 22, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Rachael Revesz: Russia launches 'world's biggest and most powerful' nuclear icebreaker ship. New ships are the biggest military push since the fall of the Soviet Union. In: The Independent. September 25, 2017, accessed April 29, 2018 .