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Akkuyu NPP's 1,476-Ton Unit 1 Dome Successfully Installed

Sep 23, 2024, 12:57 PM

Russian and Turkish specialists have successfully installed the outer containment dome, also referred to as the protective shell, at Unit 1 of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey. The installation, which took six hours, involved the use of the world's most powerful crawler self-propelled crane. The dome weighs 1,476 tons and is a significant milestone in the construction of the plant, which is being built by the Rosatom corporation.