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| Published：2019.08.14 News Sources：Qingdao Gute Ship Supplies Co., Ltd. Views： | |||
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Russia has added two of the world's strongest nuclear-powered icebreakers
This is the fourth and fifth 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers built by the Baltic Shipyard following the construction of the Arktika, Sibir and Ural. The 22220 nuclear power icebreaker is currently the world's strongest icebreaker. According to regulations, the fourth 22220 nuclear power icebreaker must be completed by December 20, 2024, and the fifth ship will be completed no later than December 20, 2026. After delivery, the two ships plan to sail along the North Sea route on the Russian Arctic coast, piloting the fleet in the Arctic, and securing the tankers from the Yamal, the Jidan Peninsula and the Karaha Peninsula to the Asia Pacific market. This type of icebreaker is 173.3 meters long, 34 meters wide and has a displacement of 33,500 tons. It can break the 3 meters thick ice layer with a power of 60 megawatts. After completion, it will become the most powerful icebreaker in the world. The 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker is equipped with two RITM-200 nuclear reactors, each with a heat capacity of 175 MW. These icebreakers were classified as Type 9 icebreakers by the Russian Maritime Registration Authority (RMRS). The first 22220 nuclear power icebreaker "Arctic" built by the Baltic Shipyard was started in November 2013 and launched in June 2016. It is scheduled to be delivered in May 2020; the second "Siberian" is in 2015. Construction started in May, launched in September 2017, will be delivered in November next year; the third "Ural" started in July 2016, launched in May this year, is expected to be delivered in 2022. 
It is understood that the North Sea route is a maritime shortcut connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, from Murmansk or Arkhangelsk in the west, through the Barents Sea in the southern Arctic Ocean, the White Sea, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, and Eastern Siberia. Sea, Chukchi Sea to Providevinia on the northwestern shore of the Pacific Bering Sea. In April this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin once said that Russia will increase investment in nuclear-powered icebreakers. It is expected that by 2035, the Russian Arctic fleet will have at least 13 heavy-duty icebreakers, 9 of which are nuclear-powered icebreakers. Currently, there are a total of five nuclear-powered icebreakers in service in Russia, all operated by Rosatomflot. In addition to the 22220 icebreaker being built, Rosatomflot is also preparing to build the Lider heavy-duty nuclear-powered icebreaker. The "Leader" is 205 meters long and has a full displacement of 71,000 tons. It is 50 meters longer than the three largest icebreakers under construction. Two RITM 400 test reactors will be used to enable it to cross the thickest ice layer in the Arctic. Russia plans to build at least three nuclear-powered icebreakers of the same class, each estimated to cost $1.6 billion. |
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