Icebreaker Lenin

Lenin was the first nuclear surface ship in the world. It is categorized as a polar icebreaker and also had a helicopter landing strip in the after-part. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... US Coast Guard icebreakers near McMurdo Station, February 2002 Icebreaker Polarstern An icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move and navigate through ice-covered marine environments. ...

Launched in 1957, Lenin is powered by two nuclear reactors and four steam turbines. The four Kirov turbines power corresponding generators connected to three sets of electric motors and gear shafts. The electric motors set in motion three propeller screws (two broad-side and one middle). Also there were two autonomous auxiliary electric power stations. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Core of a nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate (as opposed to a nuclear explosion, where the chain reaction occurs in a split second). ... A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine extracts the energy of pressurized superheated steam as mechanical movement. ... Electric motors of various sizes. ...

During the winter of 1966-1967 Lenin suffered an accident with one of its reactors, though reliable details are not available. (See List of nuclear accidents.) 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pathways from airborne radioactive contamination to man This article covers notable accidents involving nuclear material. ...

Lenin was decommissioned in 1989, because its hull had worn thin from ice friction, and is being converted into a museum ship. It is laid up at Atomflot, a base for nuclear icebreakers in Murmansk. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Му́рманск) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 20 miles from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia...

After it has had cosmetic repairs inside, the icebreaker will become a museum. Specialists of the Murmansk shipping company say it is due to be finished in 2005. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Displacement (without ballast): 16,000 t
• Main turbine capacity: 32,4 MW (44,000 horse-power)
• Maximum length: 134 m
• Width: 27,6 m
• Side height: 16,1 m
• Speed: 18 knots (33,3 km per hour)

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