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The vessel will carry out work to reload nuclear power plants of nuclear-powered ships

In St. Petersburg, at the Baltic Shipyard (part of USC), the keel-laying ceremony of the multifunctional nuclear technology service vessel (MSATO) "Vladimir Vorobyov" (project 22770) took place. This was reported by the corporation's press service.

MSATO "Vladimir Vorobyov"
MSATO "Vladimir Vorobyov"
The vessel will perform a full range of operations to reload the nuclear power plants of nuclear icebreakers, in particular, unload spent nuclear fuel and load fresh nuclear fuel from the reactor plants of ships.
USC press service
Keel-laying ceremony of MSATO "Vladimir Vorobyov"
Keel-laying ceremony of MSATO "Vladimir Vorobyov"

According to USC CEO Andrey Puchkov, the Baltic Shipyard is implementing a crucial project to support the nuclear icebreaker fleet. The company's specialists have unique experience and expertise to simultaneously build both nuclear-powered ships and auxiliary vessels for them, he emphasized.

About Project 22770

  • Length — 158.8 m
  • Width — 26 m
  • Draft — 7.5 m
  • Displacement — 22,661 tons
  • Speed — 12 knots

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Sources
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