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Nuclear ice-breaker 50 years of Victory to be completed after 60 years of Victory
Publish date: May 30, 2003
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Nuclear ice-breaker 50 years of Victory to be completed after 60 years of Victory
The 8th Russian nuclear icebreaker will be completed in 2005, 60-years anniversary of the Second World War, ITAR-TASS reported.
The construction of the icebreaker was hindered by the financial problems. The construction of the ninth Russian nuclear icebreaker was launched back in 1989 at the Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg and was due to enter service in 1994. Alexander Rumyantsev, the Russian Nuclear Minister, told ITAR-TASS that the completion schedule was approved and $81.4 million was allocated from the state budget for the construction. The specialists of the Russian Nuclear Ministry will install the reactor core on the icebreaker.
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