The Baltic Shipyard (part of USC), located in St. Petersburg, continues the construction of the nuclear icebreaker "Chukotka" of Project 22220. Specialists have received the second nuclear reactor "RITM-200", the corporation's press service reported.
The icebreaker's reactor plant includes two "RITM-200" reactors with a thermal capacity of 175 MW. The main advantage of this plant is its compactness and efficiency.
Engineers at the Baltic Shipyard are creating a dual-draft nuclear-powered ship with increased speed and improved icebreaking capability. The "Chukotka" is expected to be delivered to the customer in 2026.
The nuclear-powered ship was laid down in 2020 and is the fourth in the series of Project 22220. The customer is FSUE "Atomflot" (part of Rosatom).
Earlier, the nuclear-powered missile submarine cruiser "Generalissimus Suvorov" of Project 955 "Borei-A" joined the Pacific Fleet. It was built at the "Sevmash" plant.