Russia’s AEM Technologies has manufactured and shipped the reactor pressure vessel for the Kursk 2-1 nuclear plant under construction in western Russia, the company said.
AEM Technologies, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s engineering division Atomenergomash, said this is the first RPV for the VVER-TOI reactor technology being used for Kursk 2-1 and Kursk 2-2. It was developed from the 1,200 MW AES-2006 pressurised water reactor.
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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