There is a lot to unpack here, from a 300 ton 20 MW reactor (is this reasonable with modern designs?) to the statement about Putin's Grand Arctic plan to open up shipping along Russia’s Northern Sea Route.
I will post a translation of another article concerning the failure next.
Thoughts?
Changing engines? On a ship that size? I would sure love to see that.
Why do we need ice breakers? Global warming is making them obsolete. Instead of frivolous ice breakers they should be spending the money saving the drowning ice less polar bears.
Probably yes, if you factor in 2-to-3 nuke-tipped missiles they keep on board in case they need to signal for help... Their weight might be included just to explain the overall weight of the icebreaker...
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Just their luggage. They ain't going nowhere. Other than that, the article is pretty plain.
Who needs an icebreaker when the polar bears are drowning?
The reactor design is entirely feasible - for example the French have a submarine reactor that produces 48MW and is smaller, but that’s a strictly military reactor design. Even the Russians will derate designs for (ostensibly) civilian use.
Off the top of my head, she looks top heavy to me.
Why so many people/crew on an icebreaker?
Proper factory acceptance testing should have discovered the winding fault before the engine was mounted.
How would a short damage a reactor? A motor, yes.
The surprising thing is a recent model GE BWR weighs 400 tons. The article says the engine weighs 300 tons.
That sounds more like a stealth setup to run a laser or rail gun in the future.
As a comparison the Zumwalt’s engines are about 40MW. The GE reactor is over 1,000 MW.
I don’t think it’s a reactor, but rather an electric motor.
It's not exactly "prestigious" if it's got a burnt-out engine already. It's more like typical Bolshevik junk wrapped up in propaganda but unable to deliver on any of its glorious promises.
Is there a crack in the ship's hull, directly below the massive bridge structure? Looks like the hull plates are coming off! Must be an optical illusion.
I'm leery of another Soviet nuclear disaster (my mind replaying scenes from Chernobyl and Widowmaker).
Does replacing a "Motor" require removing the reactor vessel? I would think not...
There is a house in my rural neighborhood that has multiple different colored roofing shingles. The owner collected leftovers from roofing jobs he had worked on.
I’ve seen similar in house paint jobs in other neighborhoods.
With glowbull warpig, Russia’s arctic coasts should be ice-free soon. However, AOC says we only have ten years or so left before da Erf ends.
...caused serious damage to the winding in one of the three electro engines onboard the “Arktika” icebreaker...Sea trials continued with only two of the engines working...
Nuclear powered?
I have long been disappointed that the USN does not have any nuclear powered icebreakers. Ice is one of the few things that can seriously inhibit surface fleet operations, and having a ship tailor-made to break through thick ice, and also to bust up navigation hazard icebergs should be common sense.
The russians like odd paint colors.