Arctic. Rosatom presented its vision of the development prospects for the Northern Sea Route (NSR) at the 6th International Arctic Forum entitled The Arctic: Territory of Dialog. Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev recalled that the record-high 37.9 million tonnes of cargo had been transported over the NSR in the previous year. “Now we need to step up to the next level, planning to deliver 100-150 million tonnes of cargo and operate 15–17 rather than 10–11 icebreakers. So, it is necessary to build more of them,” the Rosatom chief pointed out. Alexey Likhachev also stressed the importance of international cooperation. “We are expanding the dialog with a number of countries that have solid shipbuilding expertise,” Alexey Likhachev said. He also suggested switching to a 30-year planning term for the NSR, emphasizing that a comprehensive development plan for this shipping lane should be nothing other than long-term. Vladimir Panov, Rosatom’s special representative for the Arctic, noted that Russia-China and Russia-India cooperation on the Northern Sea Route had become systemic. Rosatom is an operator of the NSR infrastructure. Making the NSR an efficient sea lane linking Europe, Russia and the Asia-Pacific region is one of the strategic goals pursued by the Russian nuclear corporation.