TechRussia's new nuclear icebreaker Chukotka hits the seas

Russia's new nuclear icebreaker Chukotka hits the seas

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced via video conference the launch of the nuclear icebreaker "Chukotka." "I allow you to proceed!" exclaimed Putin, as quoted by the government agency RIA Novosti.

The photo shows one of the Russian nuclear icebreakers.
The photo shows one of the Russian nuclear icebreakers.
Images source: © Getty Images | 2023 Anadolu Agency, Alican Ocak
Piotr Bera

6 November 2024 16:31

The launch ceremony was organized at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. RIA Novosti emphasized that the entire event took place with the remote participation of Vladimir Putin. The dictator authorized the commencement of the procedure and gave the command "amid fanfare and thunderous applause."

Putin noted that the Russian fleet includes 34 icebreakers, seven of which are nuclear-powered. Soon, the icebreakers "Yakutia," "Leningrad," and "Stalingrad" are also expected to be commissioned, although the latter was originally meant to be named "Kamchatka."

– The initiative is important for preserving the memory of the courage of the defenders of Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War, said the governor of Volgograd, Andrei Bochkarev, quoted by the portal gospodarkamorska.pl. It was Bochkarev who appealed to Putin to change the icebreaker's name to honour the victims of the siege of Stalingrad during World War II, when about 1.9 million people died.

Over 170 metres in length

Russian media emphasize that the keel for the construction of the icebreaker was laid in December 2020. Previously, the icebreaker "Siberia" was commissioned, which "is equipped with two RITM-200 nuclear reactors with a capacity of 175 MW each," reads the portal nuclear.pl. "Chukotka" is a sister project of "Siberia."

"The hull, measuring 173 metres in length and 34 metres in width, has the ability to crush ice up to 3 metres thick," emphasizes nuclear.pl.

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