"Russia is pressing ahead with a whole new form of gas
transport, unveiling designs for nuclear-powered submarines to ferry LNG from
the Arctic to Asia.
The Kurchatov Institute, Russia’s leading research and
development institution in the field of nuclear energy, is working with energy
giant Gazprom to build the underwater gas carriers, with delegates attending
last week’s Offshore Marintec Russia 2024 expo given a sneak peak of the
design.
The project is designed to overcome the months where gas
carriers cannot transit the Arctic due to ice coverage. Therefore, it is worth swimming under the ice.
“The creation of underwater nuclear-powered gas carriers has
been discussed for a long time, since the early 2000s. Now we have started
designing with Gazprom, this work will move forward,” said Mikhail Kovalchuk,
director of the nuclear research institute.
Local media claimed the giant 360 m long submarines would be
able to carry 180,000 tons of LNG. The 70 m wide vessels would feature RITM-200
nuclear reactors, which Russia uses to power its newest icebreakers.
Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 facility started production of
seaborne LNG last December."
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