Design service life of Arktika icebreaker is 60 years with extension possibility, Atomflot Director says
Design service life of Arktika icebreaker is 60 years with the extension possibility, IAA PortNews journalist cites Vyacheslav Ruksha, Director General of FSUE Atomflot, as saying today at the ceremonial keel laying of the Arktika icebreaker, lead 60-MWt multipurpose double-draught nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220.
Vyacheslav Ruksha also noted that nuclear icebreaker of Arktika type should earn money to be independent of the state.
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