List of civilian ships with nuclear propulsion

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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
comment photo
Cargo ships
Savannah United States 22,000 Pressurized water reactor
74 MW
1962 1970 In use until 1970, since then a museum ship Ns savannah.jpg
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
Federal Archives B 145 Bild-F031999-0006, Freighter NS Otto Hahn.jpg
Mutsu Japan 08,400 Light water reactor
36 MW
1970 Test drives between 1970 and 1995,
afterwards conversion into a research ship with conventional propulsion
Sevmorput Russia 61,880 KLT-40 reactor
135 MW
1988 2012-2015 commercial operation,
reactivation took place on November 30, 2015
Sevmorput croptight.jpg
Atomic icebreaker
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 Lenin icebreaker.JPG
Arktika Russia 23,460 two OK-900A
(2 × 171 MW)
1975 2008 Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Arktika.jpg
Sibir Russia 21,120 two OK-900A
(2 × 171 MW)
1978 1993 RIAN archive 505370 Explorers at North Pole-27 Station meet icebreaker "Sibir" .jpg
Rossiya Russia 22,920 two OK-900A
(2 × 171 MW)
1985 2013 Russan Nuclear icebreaker Rossiya in Murmansk.jpg
Sovetskiy Soyuz Russia 22,120 two OK-900A
(2 × 171 MW)
1989 Russan Nuclear icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz in Murmansk.jpg
Yamal Russia 23,455 two OK-900A
(2 × 171 MW)
1992 NSF picture of Yamal.jpg
50 Let Pobedy Russia 25,840 two OK-900A
(2 × 171 MW)
2007 Ледокол "50 лет победы в доке" .JPG
Tajmyr Russia 21,100 a KLT-40M (171 MW) 1989 LedokolTaimyr.jpg
Waigatsch Russia 21,100 a KLT-40M (171 MW) 1990 Vaygach Dolgaya.jpg