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The reactor pressure vessel can be as much as eight ft (2.4 m) of stainless steel and the containment structure of reinforced concrete can be up to 6 ft (2 m) thick.

The vessel type is particularly well-suited for nuclear power because they're so large and require a ton of power. However, there are other types of vessels powered by reactors and active today.

Technetics explains how they developed custom reactor pressure vessel seals for a German nuclear power plant.