Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun shipping two VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessels, one for Unit 4 of Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power station and the other for Unit 1 of Egypt’s El-Dabaa plant.

The RPV is one of the largest reactor components at a nuclear plant, weighing about 320 tonnes. It is a vessel containing the nuclear reactor coolant, core shroud, and the reactor core and fuel.