Chennai, Feb. 1 -- The Atommash plant (Rosatom's Mechanical Engineering division) has
shipped a VVER-1000 reactor vessel for delivery for Unit 6 of the Russian-design Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), which was under construction in southern Tamil Nadu, India.
The equipment weighing 320 tons is being transported to the construction site.
Before its maritime journey, the equipment was delivered to the plant's dock by specialized
motorized transport.
Once there, it was loaded onto a river vessel and transported to the seaport of Novorossiysk.
Upon arrival at the port, the reactor was loaded into the ship hold to make its 6,000 mile voyage
to India, Roastom said in a press release.
"Despite our strong position in the nuclear ...