Installation of the core catcher has been completed for Unit 5 at the Kudankulam nuclear power station under construction in Tamil Nadu, southern India, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.
The core catcher – also known as a core melt localisation device or core trap – is designed to catch the molten core material, or corium, of a nuclear reactor in the event of a nuclear meltdown and to prevent it from escaping the containment.