Russia has manufactured the world's most powerful ship reactor "RITM-400" for nuclear icebreakers

The reactor's power allows the nuclear-powered ship of Project 10510 to overcome ice up to 4 m thick

Rosatom has manufactured the world's most powerful ship reactor plant "RITM-400" for the nuclear icebreaker "Russia" of Project 10510. The newest reactor plant was named "Ilya Muromets", it has a thermal power of 315 MW and is the most powerful ship reactor plant in the world.

The design and layout of RITM-400 is based on maximum unification with the RITM-200 reactor, which has proven itself well on nuclear icebreakers of Project 22220. RITM-200 is also made according to a two-circuit scheme, with four steam generators integrated into the core.

The main difference between the RITM-400 reactor plant is a twofold increase in reactor power, which allows the nuclear-powered ship of Project 10510 to overcome ice up to 4 meters thick for piloting large-capacity vessels. The planned power on the shafts with two reactor plants is 120 MW.

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