List of civilian ships with nuclear propulsion
This list contains all civilian ships whose propulsion power is generated by a nuclear reactor .
So far, four cargo ships and nine nuclear-powered icebreakers have been built.
Surname | Country | GRT | Nuclear reactor | Indienst- position |
Außerdienst- position |
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Savannah | United States | 22,000 | Pressurized water reactor 74 MW |
1962 | 1970 | In use until 1970, since then a museum ship |
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Otto Hahn | Germany | 16,870 | 38 MW pressurized water reactor |
1968 | 2009 | Experimental use with nuclear drive between 1968 and 1979, then conversion and installation of a diesel engine |
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Mutsu | Japan | 8,400 | Light water reactor 36 MW |
1970 | Test drives between 1970 and 1995, afterwards conversion into a research ship with conventional propulsion |
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Sevmorput | Russia | 61,880 |
KLT-40 reactor 135 MW |
1988 | 2012-2015 | commercial operation, reactivation took place on November 30, 2015 |
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Lenin | Soviet Union | 16,000 | three OK-150 (3 × 90 MW), later two OK-900 (2 × 171 MW) |
1959 | 1989 | Conversion to a museum ship |
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Arktika | Russia | 23,460 | two OK-900A (2 × 171 MW) |
1975 | 2008 |
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Sibir | Russia | 21,120 | two OK-900A (2 × 171 MW) |
1978 | 1993 |
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Rossiya | Russia | 22,920 | two OK-900A (2 × 171 MW) |
1985 | 2013 |
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Sovetskiy Soyuz | Russia | 22,120 | two OK-900A (2 × 171 MW) |
1989 |
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Yamal | Russia | 23,455 | two OK-900A (2 × 171 MW) |
1992 |
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50 Let Pobedy | Russia | 25,840 | two OK-900A (2 × 171 MW) |
2007 |
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Tajmyr | Russia | 21,100 | a KLT-40M (171 MW) | 1989 |
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Waigatsch | Russia | 21,100 | a KLT-40M (171 MW) | 1990 |
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