When in 1959 the Soviet Union completed construction of the first nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world, all the foreign press began to write about this great scientific and technical achievements of Soviet scientists.This ship was named after the first leader of the Soviet revolution.The icebreaker "Lenin" marked the beginning of a new era of using atomic energy for peaceful purposes.
construction of the first nuclear-powered history
In 1953, at the Congress of the Communist Party in Moscow, it was decided to begin construction of a new class of ice flow, which would have a nuclear power plant.The development of nuclear-powered icebreaker commissioned scientists from the Central Design Bureau-15 (now called CDB "Iceberg").For two years, from 1953 to 1955, he developed the project number 92 (the code name for the nuclear submarine).Then, in the autumn of 1953 the Council of Ministers of the USSR, it was decided on the name of the new vessel.The icebreaker "Lenin" - that was to be called as the first nuclear-powered vessel on the planet.Position glavkonstruktora entrusted Vasily Ivanovich Neganova.The CRI "Prometheus" for icebreakers began to develop a special steel cabinet.When the end of 1955 the design was completed, construction of the ship decided to lay on the famous Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant.A.Marti and principal builder appointed V. Chernyakov.However, many details of the icebreaker prepared in different factories of the country.For example, marine turbines produced at a factory in Kirov, generators - Ukraine, the Kharkov electromechanical plant and crestal motors - at the "Electrosila" (Leningrad), etc.In short, he built the entire country.In December 1957, the first nuclear-powered icebreaker "Lenin" was launched in the waters of the Neva.It was a flush-boat with two masts and a landing platform aft.He had the following parameters: width (maximum) - 27.6 m, board height - 16.1 m, length (maximum) - 134 m, the vessel's - 17810 tonnes capacity main installation - 44,000 horsepower, maximum speed on the hour. In.- 19.6 knots.
first tests
It took another 22 months.In September 1959, the shipyard plant A. Marty came in his first test sail-powered icebreaker "Lenin".The captain of the ship was appointed PAPonomarev.From the press of those years became known that on board the ship were many delegations from different countries.The most famous guests was the future president of the United States Richard Nixon and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.Newspapers and magazines all over the world were placed publication entitled "icebreaker" Lenin "nuclear icebreaker photos of celebrities and prominent guests on board.After the end of the trial period the vessel was handed over to the Soviet Union MMF.In 1960, it was already in Murmansk, where had to go to the North Pole.
Day Arctic exploration
icebreaker "Lenin" - the world's first nuclear-powered ship, became a symbol of the Arctic exploration.In August 1960, he started his first Arctic navigation.It lasted 100 days, and in front of the ship waiting for many important tasks that it performs like a real giant savior, clearing the way stuck in the ice for many ships.It was said that it leads convoys as leader.It is a hardy and very powerful ship has been and always will be the pride of the Russian fleet.
