Atomflot

{{Short description|Russian shipping company}}

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| name = Atomflot

| logo = FSUE_Atomflot_logo.png

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| type = Federal State Unitary Enterprise

| industry = Nuclear icebreakers

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| hq_location_city = Murmansk

| hq_location_country = Russia

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| num_employees = ~2,000

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| parent = Rosatom

| website = [http://www.rosatomflot.ru/?lang=en Official website (Russian)]

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Atomflot ({{langx|ru|ФГУП «Атомфлот»}}, translation: "Atom fleet") is a Russian company and service base that maintains the world's only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers.{{cite web|url=http://www.bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/civilian_nuclear_vessels/radwaste/30138|title=Atomflot – Bellona|publisher=Bellona|access-date=2010-12-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716181054/http://www.bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/civilian_nuclear_vessels/radwaste/30138|archive-date=2011-07-16}} Atomflot is part of the Rosatom group, and is based in the city of Murmansk.{{cite news|title=Russia opens up the icy Northeast Sea Route transport route to Asia|url=http://www.intellinews.com/russia-opens-up-the-icy-northeast-sea-route-transport-route-to-asia-134393/?source=russia|access-date=20 December 2017|work=Intellinews}}

{{as of|2020|9}}, 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.{{cite journal|url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/index.php/article/world-s-largest-icebreaker-is-under-way-at-last#:~:text=The%20Rosatomflot%2Doperated%20nuclear%20icebreaker,and%20most%20powerful%20operational%20icebreaker.|title=World's Largest Icebreaker is Under Way at Last|date=September 25, 2020|journal=The Maratime Executive}}.

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.{{cite web |title=Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/response_conflict-reponse_conflits/crisis-crises/ukraine-sanctions.aspx?lang=eng |date=23 August 2023}}