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Soviet naval reactors

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

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

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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

|{{sclass|Arktika|icebreaker|1}}s

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

|{{sclass|Kirov|battlecruiser|1}}s

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

|{{sclass|Akula|submarine}}

OK-700A (?)

| 2* VM-4SG

| PWR

| 2* 90 MW

| 1984

| Delta IV-class SLBM submarines

???

| 1* KLT-40M

| PWR

| 1* 171 MW

| 1988

|{{sclass|Taymyr|icebreaker|1}}s

???

| 1* KLT-40

| PWR

| 1* 135 MW

| 1988

|Merchant ship {{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

| {{ship|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 {{ship

Akademik Lomonosov}}
???

| 2* RITM-200

| PWR

| 2* 175 MW

| expected 2020

| Project 22220 icebreaker{{Cite web|url=http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=7187|title=Construction of new icebreaker starts in 2010}}http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN_Small_nuclear_reactors_for_power_and_icebreaking_0710112.html>{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Russia-speeds-up-manufacture-of-icebreaker-reactor-26041701.html|title=Russia speeds up manufacture of icebreaker reactor - World Nuclear News}}

'**'KPM-6 is developed by OKBM Afrikantov.

See also

References

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{{Soviet Naval reactor}}

Category:Nuclear technology in the Soviet Union