Soviet naval reactors have been used to power both military and civilian vessels, including:
- Nuclear submarines:
- Attack submarines.
- Cruise missile submarines.
- Ballistic missile submarines.
- Nuclear icebreakers:
- Soviet icebreaker Lenin.
- Arktika-class icebreakers.
- Taymyr-class icebreakers.
- Nuclear cruisers:
- Kirov-class battlecruisers.
- Merchant ship:
- Sevmorput
- Command ship:
- SSV-33 Ural
They have included both pressurized water reactors and a relatively few liquid metal fast reactors.
Read more about Soviet Naval Reactors: Reactor Types
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