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Operating experience with the nuclear propulsion plant on the icebreaker “LENIN”

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Long-term operation of a nuclear-fueled steam-generating plant on board the icebreaker has provided a basis for a comprehensive assessment of the plant performance under a variety of sailing and weather conditions.

The basic layout and makeup of the nuclear power plant has proven highly successful, and the standby equipment provided for has been completely satisfactory.

No overexposures of service personnel occurred while the icebreaker was in operation. The nuclear plant proved so reliable that the nuclear plant compartment required only one visit a day to inspect the equipment installed there.

The first experiment in building and operating a nuclear maritime power plant, on the icebreaker “LENIN,” has been crowned with complete success. The technical feasibility of building high-power nuclear icebreakers for service on the Northern Sea Route has been confirmed.

The experimental neutron-physics characteristics of the reactor cores on the icebreaker were reported by staff members N. A. Lazukov and A. K. Sledzyuk. Control panel logbooks and cruise reports kept by the operating staff of the icebreaker “LENIN” were utilized in preparing this paper.

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  1. I. I. Afrikantov
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  2. N. M. Mordvinov
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  3. P. D. Novikov
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  4. B. G. Pologikh
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  5. A. K. Sledzyuk
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  6. N. S. Khlopkin
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  7. N. M. Tsarev
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 349–359, November, 1964

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Afrikantov, I.I., Mordvinov, N.M., Novikov, P.D. et al. Operating experience with the nuclear propulsion plant on the icebreaker “LENIN”. At Energy 17, 1094–1104 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116322

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