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It’s Not Every Day That We Receive News That A Nuclear-Powered Submarine Has Been Created, Is It? The First Of Its Kind Built By ICN And NUCLEP Was Named In Honor Of The Vice Admiral Of The Brazilian Navy
The first nuclear-powered submarine built by ICN and NUCLEP was named “Álvaro Alberto,” in honor of the vice admiral of the Brazilian Navy and Brazilian scientist – Álvaro Alberto da Mota e Silva. The ceremony took place at the Nuclear Generation Laboratory (Labgene), where the prototype is being constructed.
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The Beginning Of The Creation Of The Nuclear Submarine By ICN And NUCLEP
The start of the reactor assembly will correspond to the so-called “keel laying,” a naval tradition that represents the beginning of a ship’s construction.
In the upcoming stages of the program, the reactor, the turbo generators, the electric motor, and other systems similar to those of a nuclear-powered submarine will be tested in a controlled manner at Labgene, with the main objective of safely validating the operation of the reactor and the various electromechanical systems integrated with it, before its installation on board the submarine. All these procedures are carried out by ICN.
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At the end of the ICN tests, a reactor similar to the one starting to be assembled at Labgene will be installed on the submarine “Álvaro Alberto,” at the Naval Complex of Itaguaí, in the southern part of the state of Rio de Janeiro, where the four diesel-electric submarines also planned in PROSUB are already being constructed or tested: the “Riachuelo” (S-40), the “Humaitá” (S-41), the “Tonelero” (S-42), and the “Angostura” (S-43).
Innovation In The Creations Of ICN And NUCLEP
With French technology, the most modern in this market, 100 meters in length and a displacement of 6,000 tons, the SN-BR will be Brazil’s first nuclear-powered submarine, as well as the first to be built in the Southern Hemisphere by ICN – Itaguaí Naval Constructions.
Brazil is one of the few countries in the world that has a project for the construction of a nuclear submarine aimed exclusively at hunting other submarines, which will not carry ballistic missiles.
The project is part of the Brazilian Navy’s Submarine Development Program (PROSUB) and will be entirely Brazilian, elevating Brazil to the select group of countries that build this type of military vessel, which currently includes only 6 countries: France, United States, Russia, China, India, and England.
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