Hydroproject

Hydroproject is a Russian hydrotechnical design firm. Based in <a href="/facts/Moscow/XUU6VkdY">Moscow</a>, it has a number of branches around the country. Its main activities are design of <a href="/facts/Dam/BroJFhEI">dams</a>, <a href="/facts/Hydroelectric_station/zEeJIK2B">hydroelectric stations</a>, <a href="/facts/Canal/pBE8LsJx">canals</a>, <a href="/facts/Sluice/nzfw3RxJ">sluices</a>, etc.
Hydroproject and its predecessor institutions have designed most of the <a href="/facts/Hydroelectric_dam/zEeJIK2B">hydroelectric dams</a> and irrigation and navigation <a href="/facts/Canal/pBE8LsJx">canals</a> that have been built in the Soviet Union and Russia since the 1930s. They have designed a number of high-profile projects abroad as well, from <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> to <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a> to <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>. The institute, under <a href="/facts/Sergey_Zhuk/RdGHY7TQ">Sergey Zhuk</a>'s leadership, also researched the <a href="/facts/Northern_river_reversal/87JvMLPy">Northern river reversal</a>'s potential. It has also been involved in realizing nuclear power plants in the Soviet Union between 1969 and 1986.
One of Hydroproject's most famous projects was that of the 3rd and 4th units at the <a href="/facts/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant/CwU9t3Yk">Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant</a>. They were tasked to design these RBMK reactors, due to the amount of water being used in each of these reactors. They also designed other nuclear reactors, such as that at the <a href="/facts/Kursk_Nuclear_Power_Plant/CIlCsuG7">Kursk Nuclear Power Plant</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Smolensk_Nuclear_Power_Plant/mTrgAkIs">Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant</a>.

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