The ship was equipped with two OK-900A nuclear reactors, each producing 171 MW of thermal power.

The reactors powered two steam turbines to which six generators were connected.

The radiation intensity was always monitored using sensors distributed throughout the ship.

Sibir was withdrawn from service in 1992 and was reported in 2012 as being moored at Murmansk awaiting scrapping.

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