The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at the Kudankulam-4 nuclear power plant under construction in Tamil Nadu, southern India, according to Atomstroyexport, the engineering division of Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom.
The company said that that following the installation of the RPV, the next phases will involves installing equipment for the steam generation systems. This includes steam generators, main circulation pump units, and the pressuriser.
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