China one step closer to nuke-powered aircraft carrier with cutting-edge icebreaker comes on stream China has opened the bid to construct its first nuclear-powered icebreaker support ship, a move to prepare for the construction of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, China National Nuclear Corporation on Thursday opened public bidding for the nuclear-powered icebreaker ship, It will be China's first nuclear-powered icebreaker support ship, and it will be able to break ice, open waterways in the polar region and provide electricity.
