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MODEL	POWER	FUEL ENRICHMENT  (% Uranium-235)	VESSELS
2 PWR*/VM-A	70 MWt	20%	Hotel, Echo, November
1 PWR/VM-4	70-90 MWt	20%	Charlie
2 PWR/VM-4	70-90 MWt	20%	Victor II and III, Delta, Yankee
2 PWR/OK-650	190 MWt	20-45%	Typhoon, Oscar
1 PWR/OK-650	190 MWt	20-45%	Akula, Sierra, Mike
2 PWR/VM-5 m	177 MWt	unknown	Papa
2 LMR**/VT-1	73 MWt	weapons-grade	November 645
2 LMR/OK-550 or BM-40A	155 MWt	weapons-grade	Alfa
1 PWR/type unknown	10 (X-Ray)	unknown	X-Ray, Uniform, AS-12
2 PWR/KN-3	300 MWt	unknown	Kirov (battle cruiser)
2 PWR/type unknown	171 MWt	unknown	Kapusta (auxiliary ship)
2-3 PWR/OK-150 and OK-900	90 MWt	5%	Lenin (icebreaker)
2 PWR/KLT-40	135 MWt	up to 90%	Arktika (icebreaker)
1 PWR/KLT-40	135 MWt	up to 90%	Sevmorput (auxiliary ship), Taymyr (icebreaker)

*PWR is pressurized water reactor.
**LMR is liquid metal reactor.
 ["Nuclear Wastes in the Arctic: An Analysis of Arctic and Other Regional Impacts from Soviet Nuclear Contamination," OTA-ENV-623, (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office), September 1995, p. 135.]

Page last updated 17 April 1998
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