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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Russia is Building the World's Largest Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker


Russia already has a huge amount of both diesel-powered and even nuclear icebreakers, but it recently made something the world has never seen before: a massive new 558-foot long, dual-reactor nuclear icebreaker that will be 46 feet longer and at least a dozen feet wider than any other icebreaker in its way. Powered by two 60-megawatt compact pressurized water reactors, it will be the world’s largest “universal” nuclear icebreaker.

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