Artist impression of nuclear powered dual displacement icebreaker “Arktika” (project 22220)
Image: Atomflot
NavyRecognition reports that Russia claims they will have three more nuclear powered icebreakers by 2020 (when the US plans to start building it first new heavy icebreaker since 1977). They also announced plans for two more classes of nuclear icebreakers and a floating nuclear power plant.
The new icebreakers are expected to have a power of 120 MW or more than twice the power of the Polar Star.
