Sevmorput
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Sevmorput is a Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship. The 1988-built vessel is one of only four nuclear-powered merchant ships ever built and, after returning to service in 2016 following an extensive re
Sevmorput in the Baltic Sea in February 2020
Sevmorput behind the nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal at Atomflot's base in Murmansk
Model of Sevmorput
Nuclear-powered icebreaker
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A nuclear-powered icebreaker is an icebreaker with an onboard nuclear power plant that produces power for the vessel's propulsion system. Although more expensive to operate, nuclear-powered icebreaker
Sevmorput
…ice-covered waters and extend the navigating season in the Russian Arctic. The flagship of the post-war Soviet icebreaker fleet was the world's first nuclear-powered icebreaker, Lenin. While numerous warships and submarines were built with nuclear marine propulsion, attempts to utilize the nearly unlimited range provided by…
Nuclear icebreaker Yamal, 2015
Nuclear-powered icebreaker Lenin
Project 22220 icebreaker Ural under construction
The 1975-built Arktika, the first surface ship to reach the North Pole, during a 2006 cruise