Atomflot

Atomflot

Company type	Federal State Unitary Enterprise
Industry	Nuclear icebreakers
Headquarters	Murmansk , Russia
Number of employees	~2,000
Parent	Rosatom
Website	Official website (Russian)

Taymyr-class icebreaker Taymyr

Atomflot (Russian: ФГУП «Атомфлот», translation: "Atom fleet") is a Russian company and service base that maintains the world's only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers.[1] Atomflot is part of the Rosatom group, and is based in the city of Murmansk.[2]

As of September 2020^[update], the company operates a fleet of five nuclear-powered icebreakers, including the world's largest, the Arktika, which joined the fleet on her maiden voyage.[3]

The company employs between 1,000 and 2,000 people. The company has a ship to transport radioactive waste, and another to monitor radiation. It also maintains a museum ship, the Lenin.

Sanctions

The company was sanctioned by Canada on 22 August 2023 for association with Russian government.[4]

Activity

A total of about 1,000 people work on atomic icebreakers, nuclear light carriers, and ATOs (atomic technology services), all under the umbrella of Atomflot. The command staff undergoes special training at the Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg. In addition to orchestrating cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route, Atomflot organizes tourist cruises, the profit from which amounts to 6-7% of the company's total profit.[5]

Nuclear icebreakers of Rosatomflot

In operation/Under construction			Decommissioned
Name	Type	Year	Name	Type	Year	Notes
Sevmorput	-	1988–2007, 2016–present	Arktika	Arktika-class	1975–2008	Currently moored in Murmansk
Taymyr	Taymyr-class	1989–present	Sibir	Arktika-class	1977–1992	Currently moored in Murmansk
Vaygach	Taymyr-class	1990–present	Rossiya	Arktika-class	1985–2013	Laid up in Murmansk
Yamal	Arktika-class	1993–present	Sovetskiy Soyuz	Arktika-class	1989–2012	Laid up in Murmansk; to be converted to a command ship[6]
50 Let Pobedy	Arktika-class	2007–present
Arktika	Project 22220	2020
Sibir	Project 22220	2021
Ural	Project 22220	2022
Yakutia	Project 22220	2022
Chukotka	Project 22220	-
Rossiya	Project10510	2021–present

References

1. "Atomflot – Bellona". Bellona. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
2. "Russia opens up the icy Northeast Sea Route transport route to Asia". Intellinews. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
3. "World's Largest Icebreaker is Under Way at Last". The Maratime Executive. September 25, 2020..
4. "Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia". 23 August 2023.
5. "Проект Кобылкина может остановить поток туристов в Арктику. Но средства оправдывают цель". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
6. "Old Russian icebreaker to become floating command center". arctic.ru. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 2018-09-04.

External links

• Official Page