Nuclear Propulsion Tests
The reactor was completed on 25 August 1972, and fuel was loaded on 4 September. When officials announced that the first test run was to be run at the pier in Ohminato, local protests forced them to reconsider. Eventually it was decided to test the ship in the open ocean, 800 kilometres (500 mi) east of Cape Shiriya. The ship departed Ohminato on 26 August 1974, and the reactor attained criticality on 28 August.
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