Launching of the largest nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world !

Project 22220 icebreaker, sometimes referred as LK-60Ya (Russian: ЛК-60Я), is a class of three nuclear-powered icebreakers under construction at Baltic Shipyard in Russia. The first ship, Arktika (Арктика - Arctic), was laid down in November 2013 and is expected to enter service in the 2017. When completed the ship will become the world's biggest and the most powerful icebreaker surpassing the current leader, which is the Russian icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy. [1] Project 22220 class ships will have an overall length of 173 m and breadth of 34 m. The design draught is 10.5 m and a minimal operating draught is 8.55 m. The dual-draft design will enable ships to operate in both arctic waters and mouths of polar rivers. Project 22220 ships have a displacement of 33,540 t.[2] Project 22220 ships will be equipped with two RITM-200 nuclear reactors, with a thermal capacity of 175 MW each. The propulsion power of this class of ships will be 60MW which is why this class is sometimes referred as LK-60. Project 22220 has been classified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) as the ice class, Icebreaker9. The maximum icebreaking capability of 22220 class vessels is 2.8 m. The vessels are intended for the Northern Sea Route along the Russian Arctic coast.