Ashot Sarkisov
Ashot Sarkisov | |
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| Ашот Аракелович Сарки́сов | |
Leningrad State University | |
| Known for | Decommissioning of nuclear facilities |
| Awards | Global Energy Prize (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear technology |
Ashot Arakelovich Sarkisov (
nuclear safety
and decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
Early years
Ashot Sarkisov was born to an Armenian father, Arakel Ovanesovich Sarkisov (1881–1959), and a Russian mother, Evgenia Bogdanovna (1896–1987).[1]
Career
Sarkisov entered the Felix Dzerzhinsky Higher Naval Engineering School in 1941, then served in the army during the
Leningrad State University. He became Doctor of Technology in 1968. Since 1994, he has been a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and he received its Aleksandrov Gold Medal in 2007. Sarkisov retired from the navy as vice admiral.[2][3][4][5][6]
One of his research interests has been dynamic nuclear power generation processes in marine applications, particularly the effects of severe impacts. Sarkisov has also worked with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities in
Northwestern Russia, for which he was awarded the Global Energy Prize in 2014, along with Lars Gunnar Larsson.[3][5][6][7]
Personal life and death
Sarkisov died in Moscow on the morning of 17 October 2022, at the age of 98.[8]
References
- ^ САРКИСОВ Ашот Аракелович (in Russian). Biograph-Soldat. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Sarkisov Ashot Arakelovich". Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Ashot Arakelovich Sarkisov (Russia)". Global Energy Prize. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ "Sarkisov Ashot A." (in Russian). Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Academician Ashot A. Sarkisov was awarded the "Global Energy" Prize". Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ ISBN 9780309177320. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ Sara Peterssohn (28 May 2014). "Svensk prisad i Ryssland för kärnkraftssäkerhet". Ny Teknik (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "СКОРБНАЯ ВЕСТЬ..." Submariners Club Russia. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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