Rosatom ships reactor vessel for Kudankulam NPP Unit 6 to India
VVER-1000 reactor vessel for the sixth power unit of the Kudankulam NPP, which is being built in India according to a Russian design, is being transported to the construction site. The equipment weighing 320 tons was manufactured at the Atommash plant (Rosatom's Machine-Building Division) and shipped to the customer on the eve of 2025.
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Before sending the reactor vessel on a sea voyage, the equipment was delivered by special motor transport to the plant's pier, where it was loaded onto a river vessel, the destination of which was the seaport of Novorossiysk. Then, in the port, the reactor vessel was placed in the hold of a sea vessel for the 6,000-mile journey to India.
Currently, four new power units are being built at the Kudankulam NPP according to a Russian design. The station is being designed, constructed and supplied with equipment subdivisions of the Engineering Division of the Rosatom State Corporation. Contracts for the design and supply of equipment were concluded between JSC Atomstroyexport and ICAEL (Atomic Energy Corporation of India). A set of four steam generators for the sixth unit of the Kudankulam NPP in India will be shipped in 2025.
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