Russia is about to build a new nuclear icebreaker more than 200 meters long and as tall as a 13-story building, scheduled to launch in 2025.
Simulate Leader ship operating at sea.
Named Leader, the ship in project 10510 was licensed for production on April 23 when the Zvezda shipyard in the Far East and Rosatomflot company of the Russian Atomic Agency signed a contract via video according to restrictions. contact to prevent Covid-19.
The Leader ship was conceptualized in 2016 and is in the process of being built. It has much more capacity than current nuclear-powered icebreakers, including the world’s most powerful ship in the project 22220. Arktika, the first ship in the project 22220 is in service. The ship is on trial and will join the icebreaker fleet later this year, while two other ships of the same line are due to be launched within the next two years.
While the Arktika can break through 3 meters of ice, the Leader is capable of breaking through 4.3 meters of ice and staying at sea for eight months without needing to dock. The ship also has twice the capacity of the Arktika’s 60 megawatts.
The train will be more than 200 meters long, roughly the size of two football fields, and 40 meters high.
The size of the Leader ship is equally impressive. The train will be more than 200 meters long, almost the size of two football fields and 40 meters high, equivalent to a 13-story building. Both the 10510 and 22220 series are tasked with paving the way for conventional ships to pass through the ice on the sea route in the North Sea of Russia. Vessels in the two lines will escort ships carrying fossil fuels from ore deposits in the Arctic to the Asia-Pacific.
The estimated cost of the Leader is .7 billion. Russia aims to build at least three of these ships, which are expected to join the icebreaker fleet by 2033. Russia is the only country in the world that operates a large nuclear icebreaker fleet. These ships are larger and more powerful than conventional ships, able to operate in the thick ice sheet of the Arctic. Nuclear engines allow ships to operate autonomously for long periods of time without frequent refueling.