Viktor Mikhaylov (academic)

Viktor Mikhaylov
Born
Viktor Nikitovich Mikhaylov

(1934-02-12)February 12, 1934
Sapronovo, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
DiedJune 25, 2011(2011-06-25) (aged 77)
CitizenshipUSSR, Russia
Alma materNational Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
InstitutionsAll-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
Academic advisorsYakov Zeldovich

Viktor Nikitovich Mikhaylov (Russian: Виктор Никитович Михайлов; February 12, 1934 – June 25, 2011[1][2]) was a Soviet and Russian academic and nuclear scientist. From 1969 to 1988 Mikhaylov directed the Research Institute of Nuclear Impulse Technology. He personally oversaw more than 100 nuclear experiments during his directorship and spent over nine years at the Semipalatinsk and Novaya Zemlya test sites.[3] In 1992, Mikhaylov was selected to head the newly formed Ministry of Atomic Energy, or MinAtom (now Rosatom). Under his tenure Russia maintained its nuclear infrastructure and saw an increase in international cooperation on atomic energy growth. Starting in 1999, Mikhaylov led the Institute of Strategic Stability, and from 1992 to 2007 he was chairman of Rosatom's nuclear consulting division and manager of the Federal center for Nuclear Research.[4] He was also the bearer of many other titles: Academician of RAS (1997)[5] and of RARAN,[6] Doctor of Engineering (1976), professor (1984) and Founder of the School of Explosive Fission Physics and Penetration Radiation Single Pulse Diagnostics.

  1. ^ Viktor Mikhailov died, prominent nuclear scientist and former Minister of Atomic Energy of Russia // "Industrial Vedomosti" newspaper
  2. ^ In memory of the member of the Presidium of the Russian Pugwash Committee, chairman of the Sarov branch of the Committee, Academician Viktor Nikitovich Mikhailov (1934–2011) // Russian Pugwash Committee website
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference iss was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Bypassing the step of corresponding member.
  6. ^ Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences.