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Russia launches world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker ‘Ural’
Russia has recently launched the third and final Project 22220 LK-60Ya-class nuclear-powered icebreaker – the Ural – at the Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg to open up Arctic shipping routes.The ship is one of a trio that when completed will be the largest and most powerful icebreakers in the world. It is part of an ..
Topics: Arctic policy of Russia • Arctic resources race • Arktika • Arktika-class icebreaker • Icebreakers • Nuclear-powered icebreaker • Project 22220 icebreaker • Rosatom • Ship names • Ships • Sibir • Ural
Ural: Nuclear-Powered Ice Breaker
Russia has launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker named Ural in bid to tap the potential of the Arctic region. It is touted as the largest and most powerful icebreakers in the world. It is estimated that the Arctic holds oil and gas reserves equivalent to 412 billion barrels of oil, about 22% of the world’s undiscovered ..
Topics: Bering Strait • EEZ • Exclusive Economic Zone • Kara Sea • Northern Sea Route • Nuclear Power • Nuclear-Powered Ice Breaker • Russia • Siberia • Sibir • Ural
Sibir: World’s biggest and most powerful nuclear icebreaker ship launched by Russia
Russia launched Sibir (Siberia), the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker ship built under Project 22220 into the water at the Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg. Sibir is second of three icebreakers of new class of biggest nuclear powered icebreakers ever constructed under Project 22220. The first one was Arktika (Arctic) was put in service in June ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Topics: Nuclear Icebreaker Ship • Russia • Science and Technology • Sibir