Lenin Soviet Nuclear Powered Icebreaker

Lenin is a Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker. Launched in 1957, it became each the world's first nuclear-powered surface ship and the first nuclear-powered civilian vessel. Lenin entered operation in 1959 and worked clearing sea routes for shipment ships alongside Russia's northern coast. From 1960 to 1965 the deliver protected over 85,000 miles during the Arctic navigation season, of which nearly 65,000 were thru ice. On April 10, 1974 the vessel was awarded the Order of Lenin. She was formally decommissioned in 1989. She changed into subsequently converted to a museum ship and is now completely primarily based at Murmansk.

In February 1965, there has been a loss-of-coolant accident. After being shut down for refueling, the coolant become removed from the variety reactor before the spent fuel were removed. As a end result, some of the gasoline factors melted and deformed within the reactor. This changed into found when the spent factors were being unloaded for garage and disposal. 124 gasoline assemblies had been stuck inside the reactor core. It was determined to do away with the fuel, control grid, and control rods as a unit for disposal; they have been placed in a unique cask, solidified, saved for 2 years, and dumped in Tsivolki Bay in 1967.