Requirements for icebreakers have been tightened, so wheels were replaced by vents and turbines, and internal combustion ...

One of Moscow's nuclear icebreakers has sustained significant damage after colliding with a cargo ship in the Kara Sea.

An investigation has revealed the critical role nuclear icebreakers play in enabling cargoes of liquified natural gas (LNG) ...

In the ever-evolving quest for cleaner, more efficient energy sources in maritime vessel operations, nuclear power has ...

Shell bought Russian liquified natural gas shipments totalling 350,000 tonnes which required an escort from sanctioned nuclear icebreakers ...

A file photo of Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy. Major damage was suffered to the upper part of the hull of the vessel after collision with cargo ship Yamal Krechet.

Terrifying scenes in the Arctic's Kara Sea as a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker vessel crashed into a cargo ship it had been sent to rescue. Security camera footage from January 26 captured the ...

Fourth-year Elena Tiedens, Muaz Chaudhry, MPP’24, AM’24, and Erica Hogan, AB’23 to pursue graduate degrees at University of ...

But in an icebreaker, having large amounts of extra thrust available is very useful. The fact that a nuclear ship only needs refuelling at years-long intervals (or these days, perhaps not at all in ...