Russian icebreaker new poeoleniya will be launched in May 2016 – Express-News

06.01 | 21:30

After four months the water will be launched the largest and most powerful in the world of the Russian nuclear icebreaker “Arktika”, built “Baltic plant».

«Baltic Shipyard – Shipbuilding” 26 May is going to lower the water head-purpose nuclear-powered icebreaker “Arktika” project 22220. On this day, the company will celebrate its 160th anniversary, “- the press service of the company.

After that, the icebreaker will be completed on the waterfront, and In December 2017, after all the tests, it will be delivered to the customer – “Atomflot».

The icebreaker “Arktika” belongs to a new generation of nuclear-powered ships. Designed CDB “Iceberg” and founded in November of 2013. The first serial icebreaker “Sibir” was founded in May of last year. Bookmark the second – “Ural” – is scheduled in September. Under the contract, “Siberia,” Ural “, worth 84.4 billion rubles are to be commissioned in late 2019 and 2020.

The newest nuclear-powered ships will be able to overcome the almost three-meter ice and carry ships carrying up to 100 thousand tons. Purpose vessels – Service of Northern Sea Route and driving ships carrying hydrocarbon feedstock with the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas, the Kara Sea shelf to the markets of the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Court has double-draft design, which will allow them to go, not only in Arctic waters, but in the mouths of the rivers polar. They have the following specifications: length 173.3 meters, width 34 meters, draft of the design waterline – 10,5 meters, the minimum working draft – 8,55 meters. Displacement – 33.54 thousand tons. Power icebreaker – 60 MW.
 Icebreakers get a two-reactor power plant. The main source of the pair will be the installation of a new generation of “RITM-200″ capacity of 175 MW. Settings “RITM-200″ developed in OKB Afrikantov specifically for these icebreakers. The cost of one unit – 8 billion rubles. On the “Arctic” installation will be installed in 2016.

Recall that the “Baltic Plant” is part of “United Shipbuilding Corporation” Russian. He built all Soviet and Russian nuclear icebreakers, except for the famous icebreaker “Lenin”. Built on its atomic icebreaker “50 Years of Victory” is so far the largest icebreaker in the world.

Over the 160 years of its existence, the St. Petersburg plant has also about 600 warships, submarines and civilian ships.
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