Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech on January 26 at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg at the groundbreaking ceremony of the nuclear-powered icebreaker “Leningrad”.
The nuclear icebreaker Leningrad will be 173.3 m long and 34 m wide. The ship has a height of 52 m, with a design waterline draft 10.5 m high, a minimum operating draft that is 9.2 m in height, and its displacement is 33,540 tons.
This icebreaker is designed to last for 40 years. The ship is manned by a crew of 52 people.
The nuclear-powered ship is equipped with a two-reactor power plant with the main source of steam from the RITM-200 reactor having a capacity of 175 MW. Project 22220 icebreakers are the largest and most powerful (60 MW) nuclear icebreakers in the world.
Russia has the world’s largest fleet of icebreakers, which is a huge competitive advantage for Russia and an important guarantee for the development of logistics, industry, creation of new jobs and systematic construction of the Arctic region, Putin said in his speech. He added that after the completion of the Leningrad, it will operate on the northern sea lanes, participate in important Arctic development and scientific research projects, and ensure the delivery of goods, construction materials, and fuel to the inaccessible Arctic regions.