In St. Petersburg, the keel-laying ceremony for the multifunctional nuclear technology service vessel (MSATO) "Vladimir Vorobyov" (Project 22770) took place at the Baltic Shipyard (part of USC). This was reported by the corporation's press service.
The vessel will perform a full range of operations for reloading nuclear power plants of nuclear icebreakers, in particular, unloading spent nuclear fuel and loading fresh nuclear fuel from the reactor plants of ships.
According to USC CEO Andrey Puchkov, the Baltic Shipyard is implementing a crucial project to support the nuclear icebreaker fleet. He emphasized that the company's specialists possess unique experience and expertise to simultaneously build both nuclear-powered ships and auxiliary vessels for them.
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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