Not only are the U.S.’s nuclear missile defenses based in the Arctic, but there’s also fear Russia could seize control of ...
Russia's Rosatom has begun assembling the RITM-200 reactor vessel for the Leningrad nuclear-powered icebreaker, bringing the total number of RITM reactor units currently being produced at its ...
A nuclear-powered icebreaker lost control and slammed into a cargo ship it had been sent to rescue. The Russian vessel, Fifty Years of Victory, was en route to assist the bulk carrier Yamal ...
MURMANSK, February 2. /TASS/. The Sibir nuclear-powered icebreaker, which joined Atomflot in late January, completed the escort of the Tersky Bereg vessel in the Yenisei River. It was the ...
The Leader-class icebreaker also referred to as LK-120Ya, will be twice as powerful as the country’s current nuclear icebreakers. The vessel will use two RITM-400 type nuclear reactors to power ...
In the ever-evolving quest for cleaner, more efficient energy sources in maritime vessel operations, nuclear power has ...
MOSCOW, August 5. /TASS/. Russia is the only country, which has a fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers - the 50 Let Pobedy, the Yamal, the Vaigach, the Taimyr, and the Sevmorput LASH carrier and ...
Among other things, Russia will introduce the design for a new super-nuclear icebreaker by the end of 2015.
India is exploring Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as a viable clean energy solution with Russia's extensive SMR experience.
The first serially-produced Sibir nuclear-powered icebreaker, designed to reinforce Russia’s leadership in the Arctic, was commissioned last week at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg.