FSUE Atomflot (russian: ФГУП «Атомфлот») is a Russian company and service base that maintains the world's only fleet of

nuclear-powered icebreaker A nuclear-powered icebreaker is an icebreaker with an onboard nuclear power plant that produces power for the vessel's propulsion system. , Russia is the only country that builds and operates nuclear-powered icebreakers, having built a number of ...

s. Atomflot is part of the

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group, and is based in the city of Murmansk. , the company operates a fleet of five nuclear-powered icebreakers, including the world's largest, the '' Arktika'', which joined the fleet on her maiden voyage. The company employs between 1,000 and 2,000 people. The company has a ship to transport

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, and another to monitor radiation. It also maintains a museum ship, the ''

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''.

Activity

A total of about 1,000 people work on atomic icebreakers, nuclear light carriers, and ATOs (atomic technology services), all under the umbrella of Atomflot. The command staff undergoes special training at the

Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy (russian: Государственная морская академия имени адмирала С. О. Макарова) is a federal institution of higher professional education (ФБОУ ВПО ) whic ...

in St. Petersburg. In addition to orchestrating cargo transportation along the

Northern Sea Route The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, ''Severnyy morskoy put'', shortened to Севморпуть, ''Sevmorput'') is a shipping route officially defined by Russian legislation as lying east of N ...

, Atomflot organizes tourist cruises, the profit from which amounts to 6-7% of the company's total profit.Проект Кобылкина может остановить поток туристов в Арктику. Но средства оправдывают цель
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