The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at Unit 1 of the Kursk 2 nuclear power station under construction in western Russia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.
Andrey Osharin, first deputy director for new unit construction at Kursk 2, sad the task was completed three weeks ahead of schedule. He said the RPV was delivered to the site in September 2021. Since then, “a huge amount of work has been performed for the preparation of the transportation and the process flow sheet for the vessel installation”.