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The upper part of the of the reactor for the first unit at Kursk II has been shipped by the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-technology, which is part of the machine-building division of Rosatom - Atomenergomash.
The Atomenergomash factory in Volgodonsk, Russia is manufacturing the bottom of the reactor pressure vessel for Turkey's Akkuyu 4.
Multiple mysterious fires have been reported at government and military enlistment buildings across Russia since Vladimir Putin declared a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.
The 340-tonne, 12-metre VVER-TOI reactor vessel is made of nickel-free steel and is designed to withstand a pressure of 250 atmospheres, equivalent to the pressure at a depth of 2.5km in the ocean, Rosatom says. It was installed in its final position in the first power unit at Kursk II in western Russia in several stages.
As Ukrainian forces mount a last-ditch defense of Severodonetsk, it is more important than ever that Americans ignore the advice of self-described "realists" that Ukraine should surrender territory to Russia to achieve peace.