Russia’s nuclear equipment manufacturer Atommash has shipped the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and the full set of four steam generators for India’s Kudankulam-5 nuclear power plant under construction in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
The five components are among the largest to be installed at the plant’s nuclear island.
The steam generators, each weighing about 355 tonnes, act as heat exchangers where heated water from the nuclear reaction is used to produce steam to power the plant turbines, which in turn generate electricity.