Russian Nuclear Icebreakers
In all, ten civilian nuclear-powered vessels have been built in the USSR and Russia. Nine of these are icebreakers, and one is a container ship with an ice-breaking bow. All six nuclear-powered icebreakers of the NS Arktika design have been built at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg. The NS Vaigach and NS Taimyr were built at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Finland and then brought to Russia for installation of the reactors and steam propulsion systems.
| Ship Name | In Service | Project Number | Type | Class | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS Lenin | 1959 | 92M | Icebreaker | Lenin | Decommissioned 1989. Museum ship. |
| NS Arktika | 1975 | 1052-1 | Icebreaker | Arktika | Not operational. |
| NS Sibir | 1977 | 1052-2 | Icebreaker | Arktika | Defueled and not operational since 1993. |
| NS Rossiya | 1985 | 10521-1 | Icebreaker | Arktika | |
| NS Sevmorput | 1988 | 10081 | Container ship | Sevmorput | Has ice-breaking bow |
| NS Taimyr | 1989 | 10580-1 | River Icebreaker | Taimyr | |
| NS Sovetskiy Soyuz | 1990 | 10521-2 | Icebreaker | Arktika | |
| NS Vaigach | 1990 | 10580-2 | River Icebreaker | Taimyr | |
| NS Yamal | 1993 | 10521-3 | Icebreaker | Arktika | |
| NS 50 Let Pobedy | 1993 | 10521 | Icebreaker | Arktika | Built as NS Ural, completed in 2007. |
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