Abstract

The creative journey of Nikolai Antonovich Dollezhal’—outstanding designer, scientist, academician, one of the founders of reactor construction in our country, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, Laureate of the Lenin Prize and five State Prizes—is described. N. A. Dollezhal’ was the director of the Institute of Chemical Machine Building in 1942–1953, director of NII-8 since 1953, and director of the Scientific-Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering since 1976. N. A. Dollezhal’ was the principal designer of the reactor for the first nuclear power plant in the world, started up in Obnisk in 1954, the principal designer of the first industrial and research reactors and the first reactors for nuclear power plants and nuclear-powered submarines built in our country. The 1000 MW RBMK uranium-graphite channel reactor was developed under the leadership of the principal designer N.A. Dollezhal’.

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