The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at the Akkuyu-3 nuclear power plant under construction in Turkey, project company Akkuyu Nuclear said.
The cylindrical RPV, which measures 11.4 metres in length and 5.7 metres in width, was produced by the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies of Atommash, part of Atomenergomash, the machine production division of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom.