Soviet naval reactors


Soviet naval reactors have been used to power both military and civilian vessels, including:
They have included both pressurized water reactors and a relatively few liquid metal fast reactors.
OKBM Afrikantov has been the primary designer of naval reactors for the Soviet/Russian Navy for more than 60 years.

Reactor types

Reactor systemReactor designationTypePower Date of first deployUses
???2* VM-APWR2* 70 MW1959November class attack submarines
Echo class cruise missile submarines
Hotel class SLBM submarines
???2* VT RM-1LMFR2* 73 MW1963Attack submarine K-27
OK-3002* VM-4PWR2* 72 MW1967Victor I; II class attack submarines
OK-3501* VM-4-1PWR1* 89 MW1967Charlie class cruise missile submarines
OK-7002* VM-4-2PWR2* 90 MW1967Yankee class SLBM submarines
???2* V-5RPWR2* 177 MW1969Papa class attack submarine
OK-9002* ???PWR2* 159 MW1970Icebreaker Lenin after renovation
OK-5501* BM-40ALMFR1* 155 MW1971Alfa class attack submarines
OK-7002* VM-4BPWR2* 90 MW1972Delta I class SLBM submarines
Delta II class SLBM submarines
OK-900A 2* KLT-40MPWR2* 171 MW1975Arktika-class icebreakers
OK-700A2* VM-4SPWR2* 90 MW1976Delta III class SLBM submarines
OK-300A 2* VM-4APWR2* 72 MW1977Victor III class attack submarines
OK-650M2* ???PWR2* 190 MW1980Oscar class cruise missile submarines
OK-9002* KN-3PWR2* 300 MW1980Kirov-class battlecruisers
OK-6502* ???PWR2* 190 MW1981Typhoon class SLBM submarines
OK-650B-31* ???PWR1* 190 MW1983Attack submarine K-278
OK-650A1* ???PWR1* 190 MW1984Sierra class attack submarines
OK-9VM1* ???PWR1* 190 MW1984
OK-700A 2* VM-4SGPWR2* 90 MW1984Delta IV class SLBM submarines
???1* KLT-40MPWR1* 171 MW1988Taymyr-class icebreakers
???1* KLT-40PWR1* 135 MW1988Merchant ship Sevmorput
OK-900 2* KN-3 PWR2* 171 MW1989SSV-33 Ural-command ship
???E-17PWR15 MW2003Russian submarine Losharik
OK-1503* ???PWR3* 90 MW1959Icebreaker Lenin before renovation
OK-650B 2* ???PWR2* 190 MW2009Borei class SLBM submarine
OK-650V 1* KPM-6**PWR1* 200 MW2013Graney class attack submarines
???2* KLT-40SPWR2* 150 MW2019Russian floating nuclear power station Akademik Lomonosov
???2* RITM-200PWR2* 175 MWexpected 2020Project 22220 icebreaker

'**'KPM-6 is developed by OKBM Afrikantov.