The most recent nuclear reactor unit is intended for the new-generation universal nuclear icebreaker Leningrad.

The projects, designed there, include the first nuclear icebreaker Lenin, icebreakers Yamal, 50 Let Pobedy, the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power unit, and other civil and military vessels.

The Ilya Muromets is being built at the Admiralty Wharfs shipyard on the same slipway that was used to build the world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker Lenin. The Ilya Muromets, which will ...

The world’s first nuclear icebreaker – the Lenin – was launched in 1957 and remained in operation until 1989. Today, the Russian state, which remains the only country to operate nuclear ...

The incident took place while the icebreaker was escorting a cargo vessel along the Northern Sea Route. The 50 Years of Victory collided with the 20,144 dwt Yamal Krechet, which was en route to Ob ...