Новый атомный ледокол «Якутия» выйдет в свой первый рейс 15 апреля

The universal nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220 "Yakutia" will embark on its first working voyage on April 15, according to Yakov Antonov, Acting General Director of FSUE Atomflot.

Universal nuclear icebreaker "Yakutia"
Image source USC

According to him, April is the most important and busiest time of the winter-spring navigation.

We have been waiting for the icebreaker to prove itself in operation in April-May, escorting cargo for the "Vostok Oil" project and along the Northern Sea Route. We plan that the icebreaker will set sail on its first working voyage on April 15.

Yakov Antonov, Acting General Director of FSUE "Atomflot"

He added that the icebreaker's crew will be working in the Yenisei district of the Kara Sea.

"Yakutia" became the fourth icebreaker built at the Baltic Shipyard under Project 22220 commissioned by FSUE "Atomflot".

The LK-60Ya type icebreakers of Project 22220 are a series of Russian universal nuclear icebreakers for operation in the Arctic Ocean. The index LK-60Ya stands for "icebreaker with a nuclear power plant with a capacity of 60 megawatts." They are designed for expeditions in the Arctic and servicing the Northern Sea Route.

Technical characteristics of Project 22220:

Length — 173.3 m

Width — 34 m

Displacement — 33,540 t

Board height — 15.2 m

Draft in linear icebreaker mode — 10.5 m

Main power plant — two RITM-200 water-cooled nuclear reactors with a thermal capacity of 175 megawatts each

Maximum speed - 22 knots (40.7 km/h)

Icebreaking capacity (maximum thickness of solid ice that can be overcome continuously) — 2.9 m

Endurance — 6 months in terms of food supplies, 7 years in terms of fuel resources

Crew — 52 people

On Sunday, April 13, the icebreaker "Yakutia" completed its voyage, which began on April 9 from St. Petersburg, to its home port of Murmansk, covering more than 2,400 nautical miles.