FSUE Atomflot

FSUE Atomflot
Company typeFederal State Unitary Enterprise
IndustryNuclear icebreakers
Headquarters,
Number of employees
~2,000
ParentRosatom
WebsiteOfficial website (Russian)
Taymyr-class icebreaker Taymyr

FSUE Atomflot (Russian: ФГУП «Атомфлот») is a Russian company and service base that maintains the world's only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers.[1][failed verification] Atomflot is part of the Rosatom group, and is based in the city of Murmansk.[2]

As of September 2020, 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.[3]

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

Sanctioned by Canada on 22 August 2023 for association with Russian government.[4]

  1. ^ "Atomflot – Bellona". Bellona. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  2. ^ "Russia opens up the icy Northeast Sea Route transport route to Asia". Intellinews. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ "World's Largest Icebreaker is Under Way at Last". The Maratime Executive. September 25, 2020..
  4. ^ "Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia". 23 August 2023.