Russia Launches New Nuclear Icebreaker as it Looks East for Northern Sea Route Shipping In a well-orchestrated ceremony, Russia raised the flag on the newly completed nuclear icebreakerUralwhile launching the completed hull of the sister shipYakutiainto the water nearby. With oil and gas exports shifting from Europe to Asia as a result of sanctions, Russia’s icebreaker fleet will be key to the country’s Arctic hydrocarbon strategy.
Russia looking to add additional nuclear icebreaker capacity Russia is aiming to add three more nuclear icebreakers, two LK-60Ya-class and one LK-100Ya-class, in addition to the three LK-60Ya-class currently under construction, announced Stanislav Golovinsky, Deputy General Director for Development and head the Atomflot branch in Moscow at The Arctic-2017 conference in Moscow.
