According to the governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Dmitry Artyukhov, the project, within the framework of which Yamal will be attached to a kind of Arctic year-round station named Snezhinka, will receive a conclusion from the state expert examination next year.
This project is supposed to be a joint effort of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, with the financial assistance of the YNAO, a structure of Yamal, to date, about 200 million rubles have been allocated for the design of the main modules of the station, and 10 million rubles have been sent to the MIPT.
At the same time, as Artyukhov said, in the future, after the completion of all design decisions, additional funds will be allocated, but already “in much larger volumes.”
At Snezhinka, advanced and promising technologies for obtaining energy and usefulness for its implementation of life support systems will be considered.
Snezhinka station, design imageIn particular, the object will be an area of about 450 m².
Jade Valley, located in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, was chosen as the location, the test operation of the complex, according to the announced plan, will start in 2024. year.
Source: Tech Cult
