Russia is building the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world

[DARPA]

Enterprise "ZIO-Podolsk" (included in the Engineering Division of the state corporation "Rosatom" holding "Atomenergomash") started assembling parts of the reactor vessel is being built for the Russian head of universal nuclear icebreaker of new generation LC-60YA "Arctic", said "Atomenergomash".

Icebreaker "Arktika" will be the largest and most powerful in the world. The vessel will be installed reactor system RHYTHM-200 with two reactors thermal capacity of 175 MW each. The unit has a high resource and capacity factor, over a period of continuous operation, the minimum number of core overload. Reactor plant will have a low self-consumption, which will ensure the best performance of the icebreaker as a whole.
Welded joint elements of the reactor vessel is made using developed by experts "ZIO-Podolsk" special technology, which is unique in Russia does not exist, the report says.

Enterprises of JSC "Atomenergomash" provided a complete industrial chain of creation of the power plant - from the design and manufacture of blanks to manufacture and installation of equipment. COMPLETE supplier performs part of the holding OKBM "Afrikantov."
Construction icebreaker "Arktika" is OOO "Baltic Shipyard - Shipbuilding" contract with Rosatom. The ship was laid November 5, 2013. Under the contract, its construction should be completed in December 2017.