Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker
| History | |
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| Name: | Arktika (Арктика - Arctic) |
| Owner: | Rosmorport |
| Ordered: | 3 |
| Builder: | Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Laid down: | 5 November 2013 |
| Launched: | November 2015 (Planned) |
| In service: | 2017 |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Icebreaker |
| Displacement: | Approximately 33,540 tonnes |
| Length: | 173 m (568 ft) |
| Beam: | 34 m (112 ft) (waterline) |
| Ice class: | RMRS Icebreaker9 |
| Aviation facilities: | One helipad |
Project 22220 icebreaker, sometimes referred as LK-60Ya (Russian: ЛК-60Я), is a class of three nuclear-powered icebreakers under construction at Baltic Shipyard in Russia. The first ship, Arktika (Арктика - Arctic), was laid down in November 2013 and is expected to enter service in 2017. When completed the ship will become the world's biggest and the most powerful icebreaker surpassing the current leader, which is the Russian icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy. [1]
Project 22220 class ships will have an overall length of 173 m and breadth of 34 m. The design draught is 10.5 m and a minimal operating draught is 8.55 m. The dual-draft design will enable ships to operate in both arctic waters and mouths of polar rivers. Project 22220 ships have a displacement of 33,540 t.[2]
Project 22220 ships will be equipped with two RITM-200 nuclear reactors, with a thermal capacity of 175 MW each. The propulsion power of this class of ships will be 60MW which is why this class is sometimes referred as LK-60. Project 22220 has been classified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) as the ice class, Icebreaker9. The maximum icebreaking capability of 22220 class vessels is 2.8 m. The vessels are intended for the Northern Sea Route along the Russian Arctic coast.
The 2nd ship of this class, the Sibir - (Сибирь - Siberia), was laid down on 26 May 2015 at Baltic Shipyard. [3] In May 2015 it was also reported that Russia had made a principal decision on the development of the conceptual design for the new nuclear-powered icebreaker. According to Sergey Kirienko, Director General of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, the new icebreaker could move across the Arctic ice of any thickness up to 4.5 m. The new icebreaker will reportedly have the propulsion power of 110MW. [4] If build this new icebreaker would be almost twice as powerful as the icebreakers of the project 22220.
List of project 22220 icebreakers
| Name | Builder | Commissioned | Status |
| Arktika (Арктика - Arctic) | Baltic Shipyard | 2018 | Under construction |
| Sibir - (Сибирь - Siberia) | Baltic Shipyard | 2019 | Laid down |
| Ural (Урал - Ural) | Baltic Shipyard | 2020 | Planned |
References
- ↑ Arctic, Project 22220 LK-60 Nuclear Icebreaker. Ship Technology (15 June 2011). Retrieved on 2016-01-07.
- ↑ ROSATOM awarded contract for building two series nuclear icebreakers of Project 22220. Rosatom.ru. Retrieved on 7 January 2016.
- ↑ Keel laying ceremony of the nuclear-powered icebreaker takes place at the Baltic Shipyard. En.portnews.ru (26 May 2015). Retrieved on 2016-01-07.
- ↑ Federal financing launched for conceptual design of Leader Icebreaker, ROSATOM says. En.portnews.ru. Retrieved on 7 January 2016.
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