Russia’s nuclear equipment manufacturer Atommash has shipped the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the Kursk 2-2 nuclear plant under construction in western Russia, the parent company Atomstroyexport said.

The Kursk 2 nuclear power station will be the first in Russia to use the Generation III+ VVER-TOI pressurised water reactor technology. It is being built as a replacement of four power units with RBMK-1000 reactors of the operating Kursk 1 nuclear power station that will be decommissioned.