The first of the two reactors for the vessel was shipped on 24 September and the second on 16 October, and Zio-Podolsk said it has thus completed this stage in its “significant contribution to the development and updating of the Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet”.
Ural is one of three vessels of Project 22220 – featuring RITM-200 reactors – that will be able to break through ice 3 meters thick as they escort vessels across the Arctic Ocean. The others are Arktika and Sibir. Zio-Podolsk produced the reactors for Arktika in 2016 and for Sibir last year.
