St. Petersburg, January 6, 2016, 16:09 – REGNUM Launching the head of the universal nuclear icebreaker “Arktika” is scheduled in St. Petersburg May 26 of this year. Transferring the vessel to the customer – FSUE “Atomflot” – scheduled after passing tests in December 2017.
According to Tass, the press service of the Baltic plant, the forthcoming launching of the icebreaker “Arktika” Project 22 220 will be timed to 160 Anniversary shipyard. After that, the icebreaker will finish building at the quay wall and ready for testing.
As reported previously IA REGNUM , «Arctic” will be the lead ship in the series of ice-breakers fundamentally new class that will provide Russian year-round navigation in the Arctic seas.
«is already incorporated a second icebreaker, the third, then we have it on the schedule 2017 th, 2019 th, 2020 th years, there is a consistent delivery of icebreakers new class, and in St. Petersburg already designed and developed the basic design of the new generation nuclear icebreaker “Leader”, with even more power with even more opportunities to provide year-round navigation by large tankers and large gas carriers, “- said December 2, 2015 the head of the state corporation” Rosatom “Sergey Kiriyenko.
The first serial icebreaker project 22,220 founded in May 2015 and given the name “Siberia”, is another such vessel by the name of “Ural” will be laid in September 2016.
Head-purpose nuclear-powered icebreaker “Arctic”, will be equipped with a nuclear power plant and a new type will be the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world. Its length is 173.3 meters, width – 34 meters, draft of 10.5 meters designed waterline, minimum working draft – 8,55 meters, displacement – 33.54 thousand tons.
According to TASS These nuclear submarines will be able to overcome the almost three-meter ice and carry ships with cargo capacity of up to 100 thousand tons. They will serve the Northern Sea Route and exercise of ships transporting hydrocarbon raw materials from the fields of Yamal and Gydan peninsulas, the shelf of the Kara Sea to the Atlantic and the Pacific.
According to IA REGNUM , the so-called icebreaker leader was talking about the head of “Rosatom” – is an icebreaker capacity of 120 megawatts, its width is approximately 50 meters, length – 200 meters. His project is being developed in CDB “Iceberg».
Representatives of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Rosatomflot” stated that now there is work to prevent “break the ice”. It is expected that during the commissioning of new icebreakers, the old, that is, “Yamal”, “Taimyr” and “Vaigach” will be phased out.
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