A plant in Moscow has created and started manufacturing components for the nuclear reactor safety systems of nuclear-powered icebreakers as part of the import substitution drive.

“A plant in Moscow has become the first facility in Russia to create and manufacture components for the nuclear reactor safety systems of nuclear-powered icebreakers. Before that, we imported them from Europe,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

He pointed out that the component has been created within a matter of only four months. By the end of the year, the plant will supply this component to all the icebreakers under construction in Russia.

The mayor added that icebreakers were being used on the Northern Sea Route and for the development of natural resources in the Arctic.

“The city is supporting this plant, which has the status of industrial complex and hence enjoys tax benefits. The plant will be able to invest the savings in its own development,” Sobyanin concluded.