MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. The Sevmash Shipyard of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has developed a plan to optimize the process of launching nuclear submarines from the building slipway, the company’s press service reported.
According to Sevmash, the total cost of all operations for launching a nuclear submarine from the building slipway previously amounted to more than 260 million rubles ($3.139 million).
"The Sevmash Design and Engineering Bureau has implemented a solution based on the classic method of launching a nuclear submarine from the building slip using a hydraulic system. Sevmash Design Bureau specialists proposed to carry out work on the modification of 10 pontoons, as well as the manufacture of slings and mechanical components, and the installation of dampers. The economic benefit of the completed project exceeded 122 million rubles ($1.472 million)," the press service said.
At an international research and practical conference in Nizhny Novgorod in late October, a Sevmash representative presented an innovative solution for the construction of modern nuclear submarines that would potentially save over 81 million rubles ($977,317).
Sevmash is the only Russian shipyard within the United Shipbuilding Corporation that carries out the entire cycle of construction and testing of nuclear-powered submarines.