The Baltic Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has for the first time made claims against its own customer, FSUE Atomflot. The shipyard demands the return of the safety justification report (SJR) for the nuclear reactors of Project 22220 icebreakers Leningrad and Stalingrad.
This document sets the operating parameters for the two RITM-200 type reactors installed on each icebreaker. It is necessary to complete the technical project.
The hearing of the dispute on the merits started on November 24 in the Arbitration Court of Moscow. The content of the claim was not officially announced, but a source in Rosatom confirmed that it concerns a set of documents worth about 400 million rubles.
The materials have already been the subject of arbitration proceedings: in June 2025, the Baltic Shipyard recovered a symbolic fine of 50 thousand rubles from Atomflot for the delay in the transfer.
According to the contract signed in February 2023, Atomflot was supposed to transfer the SJR within 30 days after the contract came into force, but this was not done. The shipyard clarified that previous disagreements with the customer had been resolved, but the key obligation remains unfulfilled.
Key technical characteristics of project 22220:
- Draft in linear icebreaker mode - 10.5 m
- Main power plant - two water-cooled nuclear reactors RITM-200 with a thermal capacity of 175 megawatts each
- Maximum speed - 22 knots (40.7 km/h)
Industry sources note that the dispute may be related to certain disagreements on the nuclear safety of Project 22220 icebreakers - their reactor plants require согласования всех параметров before the start of key construction stages.