Soviet naval reactors

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

• Nuclear submarines :
  • Attack submarines.
  • Cruise missile submarines.
  • Ballistic missile submarines.
• Nuclear icebreakers :
  • Soviet icebreaker Lenin
  • Arktika-class icebreakers
  • Taymyr-class icebreakers
• Russian floating nuclear power stations :
  • Akademik Lomonosov
• Nuclear cruisers:
  • Kirov-class battlecruisers
• Merchant ship:
  • Sevmorput
• Command ship:
  • SSV-33 Ural

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

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

• List of commercial nuclear reactors
• List of United States Naval reactors
• Nuclear marine propulsion
• Rolls-Royce PWR – United Kingdom's naval reactors
• United States Naval reactors

References

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".