Rostechnadzor issued operating licenses to FSUE Atomflot for operation of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Siberia that had completed trial trip in the Baltic Sea. The License was issued on the basis of safety analysis review for the icebreaker operation carried out by SEC NRS, the scientific and technical support organization for Rostechnadzor.

The icebreaker Siberia is the first serial Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker with the installed power capacity of 60 MW equipped with the innovative nuclear power installation, which includes two integral type reactors RITM-200. The previous (prototype) nuclear-powered icebreaker Arctic under this project was put into operation in 2020 and nowadays is en-route of the Northern Sea Route.

The total series of Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers will consist of five ships. Building of the last three ships is in progress now at the JSC Baltic Shipyard.