MURMANSK – The Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet is old, unprofitable and unneeded, and Rosatom has the task of making the icebreakers profitable, while dealing with its radioactive waste and decommissioning old ships on the state budget’s nickel, Atomflot’s new management summarized in a press conference Wednesday.
MURMANSK - The icebreaker and nuclear service ship fleet of the Murmansk Shipping Company and its service base Atomflot have officially been absorbed by the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom with the signing Wednesday of a government act confirming the transfer.