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China has announced a tender for the establishment of nuclear-powered icebreaker to the Arctic

China is launching a program of construction of China's first atomic icebreaker. According to Chinese newspaper “Global Times”, China National Nuclear Corporation (China National Nuclear Corporation – CNNC) 21 June 2018 year announced an open tender for the design and construction of the first fully established in China's nuclear icebreaker.

Китай объявил тендер на создание атомного ледокола для Арктики

Under the terms of the tender, future icebreaker should open shipping routes in the Arctic and to generate electricity during expeditions in the polar region, More detailed data generated by a vessel not provided.

It should be recalled, China has been active in the Arctic region from mid-90s, after the purchase of non-nuclear icebreaker "Syuelun-1" displacement 15 thousand. tons from Ukraine. Given the ongoing collaboration between Moscow and Beijing on the development of the Northern Sea Route , China is thinking about creating a new vessel with nuclear reactor, allowing fully to work in the Arctic region.

At present, China is building a self-powered icebreaker "Syuelun-2" with a displacement of about 30 thousand. tonnes. It is assumed, that the nuclear power plant will produce for him in Russia, since according to Chinese experts, in Beijing it has the money and the desire to get the installation, while Russia is the only country in the world, is building a nuclear reactor icebreakers. At the same time, experts say, that the test of a nuclear reactor on the icebreaker needed, China was able to use these technologies to create their next generation of aircraft carriers - Type 003, construction of which is conducted in the shipbuilding enterprise "Jiangnan Changxing" in Shanghai.

earlier it was reported, that in the beginning of June, China and Russia signed a deal worth more than 15 billion dollars for the construction of the four reactor units in the Russian part of the agreement on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy between the two countries in the history of.

                          
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