{{Short description|Russian shipping company}} {{Infobox company | name = Atomflot | logo = FSUE_Atomflot_logo.png |caption = | type = Federal State Unitary Enterprise | industry = Nuclear icebreakers | fate = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = <!-- if known: {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} in city, state, country --> | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location_city = Murmansk | hq_location_country = Russia | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = | products = | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | num_employees = ~2,000 | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = Rosatom | website = [http://www.rosatomflot.ru/?lang=en Official website (Russian)] }} [[File:Taymyr icebreaker (2225295).jpg|thumb|''Taymyr''-class icebreaker ''Taymyr'']] '''Atomflot''' ({{langx|ru|ФГУП «Атомфлот»}}, translation: "Atom fleet") is a Russian company and service base that maintains the world's only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers.<ref name=Bellona>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/civilian_nuclear_vessels/radwaste/30138|title=Atomflot – Bellona|publisher=Bellona|access-date=2010-12-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716181054/http://www.bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/civilian_nuclear_vessels/radwaste/30138|archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref> Atomflot is part of the Rosatom group, and is based in the city of Murmansk.<ref name="intellinewss">{{cite news|title=Russia opens up the icy Northeast Sea Route transport route to Asia|url=http://www.intellinews.com/russia-opens-up-the-icy-northeast-sea-route-transport-route-to-asia-134393/?source=russia|access-date=20 December 2017|work=Intellinews}}</ref>
{{as of|2025|9}}, the company operates a fleet of nine nuclear-powered icebreakers, including the world's largest, the ''Arktika'', which joined the fleet on her maiden voyage.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/index.php/article/world-s-largest-icebreaker-is-under-way-at-last#:~:text=The%20Rosatomflot%2Doperated%20nuclear%20icebreaker,and%20most%20powerful%20operational%20icebreaker.|title=World's Largest Icebreaker is Under Way at Last|date=September 25, 2020|journal=The Maratime Executive}}.</ref>
The company employs between 1,000 and 2,000 people. The company has a ship to transport radioactive waste, and another to monitor radiation. It also maintains a museum ship, the ''Lenin''.
== Sanctions== The company was sanctioned by Canada on 22 August 2023 for association with the Russian government.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/response_conflict-reponse_conflits/crisis-crises/ukraine-sanctions.aspx?lang=eng |date=23 August 2023}}</ref>
==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 in St. Petersburg. In addition to orchestrating cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route, Atomflot organizes tourist cruises, the profit from which amounts to 6-7% of the company's total profit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.znak.com/yamal/news/2013-10-28/1013495.html |title=Проект Кобылкина может остановить поток туристов в Арктику. Но средства оправдывают цель |access-date=2019-03-20 |archive-date=2014-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023130212/http://www.znak.com/yamal/news/2013-10-28/1013495.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |+'''Nuclear icebreakers of Rosatomflot''' ! colspan="3" |In operation/Under construction ! colspan="4" |Decommissioned |- !Name !Type !Year !Name !Type !Year !Notes |- |''Sevmorput'' | - |1988–2007, 2016–present |''Arktika'' |''Arktika''-class |1975–2008 |Currently moored in Murmansk |- |''Taymyr'' |''Taymyr''-class |1989–present |''Sibir'' |''Arktika''-class |1977–1992 |Currently moored in Murmansk |- |''Vaygach'' |''Taymyr''-class |1990–present |''Rossiya'' |''Arktika''-class |1985–2013 |Laid up in Murmansk |- |''Yamal'' |''Arktika''-class |1993–present |''Sovetskiy Soyuz'' |''Arktika''-class |1989–2012 |Laid up in Murmansk; to be converted to a command ship<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arctic.ru/infrastructure/20160128/278326.html|title=Old Russian icebreaker to become floating command center|website=arctic.ru|date=28 January 2016 |access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref> |- |''50 Let Pobedy'' |''Arktika''-class |2007–present | colspan="4" rowspan="7" | |- |''Arktika'' |Project 22220 |2020–present |- |''Sibir'' |Project 22220 |2022–present |- |''Ural'' |Project 22220 |2022–present |- |''Yakutia'' |Project 22220 |2024–present |- |Chukotka |Project 22220 |2024 |- |Rossiya |Project10510 |2021 |}
==See also== *Icebreakers of Russia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Russia|Energy|Nuclear technology}} *[http://www.rosatomflot.ru/ Official Page]
{{Nuclear-powered icebreakers of Russia}} {{Rosatom}}
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