Isar 2 is a 1450 MWe pressurized water power reactor that faces a shortage of reactor pressure vessel (RPV ... to restructure nuclear fuel bundles inside the reactor and ensure fuel is burned ...

The cylindrical pedestal, which supports the 440-ton pressure vessel, is about 6 meters in ... “It was big progress that we could clearly see inside,” Akira Ono, who heads the cleanup project ...