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Soviet naval reactors

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Soviet naval reactors have been used to power both military and civilian vessels, including:

They have included both pressurized water reactors and a relatively few liquid metal fast reactors.

OKBM Afrikantov has been the primary designer of naval reactors for the Soviet/Russian Navy for more than 60 years.

Reactor types

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Reactor system Reactor designation Type Power (in MWt) Date of first deploy Uses
??? 2* VM-A PWR 2* 70 MW 1959 November-class attack submarines

Echo-class cruise missile submarines

Hotel-class SLBM submarines

??? 2* VT RM-1 LMFR 2* 73 MW 1963 Attack submarine K-27
OK-300 2* VM-4 PWR 2* 72 MW 1967 Victor I; II-class attack submarines
OK-350 1* VM-4-1 PWR 1* 89 MW 1967 Charlie-class cruise missile submarines
OK-700 2* VM-4-2 PWR 2* 90 MW 1967 Yankee-class SLBM submarines
??? 2* V-5R PWR 2* 177 MW 1969 Papa-class attack submarine
OK-900 2* ??? PWR 2* 159 MW 1970 Icebreaker Lenin after renovation
OK-550 1* BM-40A LMFR 1* 155 MW 1971 Alfa-class attack submarines
OK-700 2* VM-4B PWR 2* 90 MW 1972 Delta I-class SLBM submarines

Delta II-class SLBM submarines

OK-900A (?) 2* KLT-40M PWR 2* 171 MW 1975 Arktika-class icebreakers
OK-700A 2* VM-4S PWR 2* 90 MW 1976 Delta III-class SLBM submarines
OK-300A (?) 2* VM-4A PWR 2* 72 MW 1977 Victor III-class attack submarines
OK-650M 2* ??? PWR 2* 190 MW 1980 Oscar-class cruise missile submarines
OK-900 2* KN-3 PWR 2* 300 MW 1980 Kirov-class battlecruisers
OK-650 2* ??? PWR 2* 190 MW 1981 Typhoon-class SLBM submarines
OK-650B-3 1* ??? PWR 1* 190 MW 1983 Attack submarine K-278 (Mike class)
OK-650A 1* ??? PWR 1* 190 MW 1984 Sierra-class attack submarines
OK-9VM 1* ??? PWR 1* 190 MW 1984 Akula-class submarine
OK-700A (?) 2* VM-4SG PWR 2* 90 MW 1984 Delta IV-class SLBM submarines
??? 1* KLT-40M PWR 1* 171 MW 1988 Taymyr-class icebreakers
??? 1* KLT-40 PWR 1* 135 MW 1988 Merchant ship Sevmorput
OK-900 (?) 2* KN-3 (VM-16 (?)) PWR 2* 171 MW 1989 SSV-33 Ural-command ship
??? E-17 PWR 15 MW 2003 Russian submarine Losharik
OK-150 3* ??? PWR 3* 90 MW 1959 Icebreaker Lenin before renovation
OK-650B (?) 2* ??? PWR 2* 190 MW 2009 Borei-class SLBM submarine
OK-650V (?) 1* KPM-6(?)** PWR 1* 200 MW 2013 Graney-class attack submarines
??? 2* KLT-40S PWR 2* 150 MW 2019 Russian floating nuclear power station Akademik Lomonosov
??? 2* RITM-200 PWR 2* 175 MW expected 2020 Project 22220 icebreaker[1][2][3]

'**'KPM-6 is developed by OKBM Afrikantov.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Construction of new icebreaker starts in 2010".
  2. ^ http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN_Small_nuclear_reactors_for_power_and_icebreaking_0710112.html>
  3. ^ "Russia speeds up manufacture of icebreaker reactor - World Nuclear News".
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