Kirov-class battlecruiser
The Kirov class, Soviet designation Project 1144 Orlan, is a class of nuclear-powered guided-missile battlecruisers of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy, the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships in operation in the world. Among modern warships, they are second in size only to large aircraft carriers; they are similar in size to a World War I-era battleship. Defence commentators in the West often refer to these ships as battlecruisers - due to their size and general appearance. The Soviet classification of the ship-type is "heavy nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser".
Kirov-class battlecruiser Frunze
Admiral Ushakov (ex-Kirov), lead ship of the class, next to the Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov.
Aerial port view of the foredeck of Kalinin illustrating the differences from the lead ship of the class. 2 Kortik point defense gun/missile system Empty space intended for 2 Kinzhal vertical SAM launchers
Aerial starboard view of the foredeck of Kirov. 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2 pop-up (lowered) Osa SAM launchers 20 P-700 Granit cruise missile launchers 12 S-300 Fort SAM launchers 1 twin "Metel" antisubmarine warfare/surface-to-surface missile launcher
Nuclear marine propulsion
Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear reactor. The power plant heats water to produce steam for a turbine used to turn the ship's propeller through a gearbox or through an electric generator and motor. Nuclear propulsion is used primarily within naval warships such as nuclear submarines and supercarriers. A small number of experimental civil nuclear ships have been built.
When the nuclear-powered Arktika class 50 Let Pobedy was put into service in 2007, it became the world's largest icebreaker.
A nuclear fuel element for the cargo ship NS Savannah. The element contains four bundles of 41 fuel rods. The uranium oxide is enriched to 4.2 and 4.6 percent U-235
In addition to nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the United States once operated nuclear-powered cruisers.
The nuclear-propelled French submarine Saphir returning to Toulon, its home port, after Mission Héraclès