Leakage repaired: Taimyr sails again
Here is Russia’s nuclear powered icebreaker ”Taimyr” on its way out of the Kola bay towards the Kara Sea after nearly two months of repair following a radioactive leak.
The single-reactor icebreaker got a leakage of cooling water from one of the pipes in the reactor compartment while she was operating north of Dudinka in the Yenisei River on May 3. “Taimyr” aborted its mission and sailed back to Murmansk where she has been under repair at Atomflot, the homeport of Russia’s nuclear powered icebreakers just north of the city centre in Murmansk.
While “Taimyr” has been under repair at Atomflot, the other similar river icebreaker “Vaigach” has assisted vessels through the ice-covered waters north on the Yenisei River.
Last Saturday, the newest of the nuclear powered icebreakers “50 Let Pobedy” sailed from Murmansk towards the North Pole with tourists. The North Pole nuclear cruises with tourists’ takes place every summer and this year 35 of the passengers were Chinese.
The rest of the fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers are currently at port in Murmansk awaiting the sailing season along the Northern Sea Route to start in July.
