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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
St. Petersburg, December 10 /Xinhua/ — According to plans by the Russian state corporation Rosatom, 11 nuclear-powered icebreakers will be operating on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) by 2035. This was announced on Wednesday by Sergey Zybko, General Director of the GlavSevmorput enterprise, in St. Petersburg.
At the international forum "Arctic: Present and Future" held in the city on the Neva, S. Zybko also announced that by 2035, approximately 100 high-ice-class vessels will be operating on the NSR.
Russia's icebreaker fleet currently consists of 34 diesel-powered and 8 nuclear-powered icebreakers. In November, Rosatom Deputy Director General Andrey Nikipelov announced that at least three older-generation nuclear icebreakers are planned to be decommissioned by 2033.
Three Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers are under construction at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. In addition, the Zvezda shipyard in Primorsky Krai is building the super-powerful Project 10510 nuclear-powered icebreaker Rossiya. In accordance with the Russian president's directive, the Russian government must decide on the construction of two more Project 22220 icebreakers no later than 2026. –0–
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