Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov

Wladimir Alexejewitsch Smirnow ( Russian Владимир Алексеевич Смирнов ; born January 29, 1957 in Pskov ) is a Russian businessman.

Life

He graduated from the Leningrad Institute in 1980 with a major in electromechanical engineering for the production of aerospace technology and received his doctorate in engineering (1986) and economics (2000).

Since 2008 he has been a member of the supervisory board of the Russian Nazionalny Kosmitscheski Bank . Smirnow is the author of ten inventions and the author of 45 scientific papers. In 1990 he founded a joint venture in St. Petersburg with a German partner, the property developer Inform-Future. The company built the first office complex for foreign companies in the city. Between 1997 and 1998 Smirnov was the general director of the Petersburg Fuel Company . He then became the company's CEO. He worked in this role in 1999 and 2000.

Tenex

Smirnow began his work as General Director of Techsnabexport (Tenex) in 2002. While he was working for Tenex until 2007, Smirnov signed long-term contracts until 2020, which guarantee a supply of low-enriched uranium to almost all nuclear power plants in the world.

With Smirnow in the position of general manager, Tenex operated the “ megatons to megawatts ” project in cooperation with the United States of America . Since the program came into force, Russia has earned $ 3.5 billion.

In 2005, the State Atomic Energy Agency appointed Rosatom Smirnov as a board advisor. At the same time, a branch of Tenex 'was opened in Tokyo under his direction . According to Smirnov, the cooperation between Japan and Russia is a milestone for the global future of nuclear energy.

Tenex has been the main sponsor of the annual science and education competition "Energy of the Future" since 2003. The aim of the competition, organized by the Nuclear Academy , is to improve educational efficiency and further develop the intellectual potential of the nuclear industry.

During his time at Tenex, Smirnov campaigned for a sponsorship program, the content of which was the promotion of nuclear disarmament, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and environmental commitment on the part of Russia and social associations. On October 13, 2002, a peace concert with the Russian National Philharmonic, conducted by Vladimir Spiwakov, took place in Zug in Switzerland . The guests at the event included a. Mikhail Gorbachev and Desmond Tutu .

In March 2006, Smirnov was awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland Second Class by Russian President Vladimir Putin .

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME	Smirnov, Vladimir Alexeyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Смирнов, Владимир Алексеевич (Russian spelling); Smirnov, Vladimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian businessman
DATE OF BIRTH	January 29, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pskov

[1] Short biography on the website of the World Nuclear Association ( Memento from March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[2] 6,000 Nuclear Warheads Eliminated by USEC and TENEX; Unique Program Stands at the 'Intersection of Global Security, Commerce and The Growing US Partnership with Russia'. , Business Wire, Oct. 3, 2002

[3] ttp://194.84.23.3/digest/opjapan_en.html

[4] ttp://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/04/11/2503235.htm