Russia’s nuclear equipment manufacturer Atommash has shipped the reactor pressure vessel for the first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power station under construction in Turkey, parent company Atomenergomash said in a statement.
According to the statement, production of the 330-tonne and 12-metre long RPV took almost three years.
In a nuclear power plant, the RPV is one of the largest reactor components, a vessel containing the nuclear reactor coolant, core shroud, and the reactor core and fuel.
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