Ashot Sarkisov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Arakelovich and the family name is Sarkisov.
Ashot Sarkisov
Ашот Аракелович Сарки́сов
Born(1924-01-30)30 January 1924
Tashkent, Turkestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died17 October 2022(2022-10-17) (aged 98)
Moscow, Russia
Alma materFelix Dzerzhinsky Higher Naval Engineering School
Leningrad State University
Known forDecommissioning of nuclear facilities
AwardsGlobal Energy Prize (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear technology

Ashot Arakelovich Sarkisov (Russian: Ашот Аракелович Сарки́сов; 30 January 1924 – 17 October 2022) was a Russian scientist who worked with nuclear submarine technology, 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 war and resumed his studies in 1945. From 1948, he also studied at 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

  1. ^ САРКИСОВ Ашот Аракелович (in Russian). Biograph-Soldat. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Sarkisov Ashot Arakelovich". Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Ashot Arakelovich Sarkisov (Russia)". Global Energy Prize. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Sarkisov Ashot A." (in Russian). Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Future of the Nuclear Security Environment in 2015: Proceedings of a Russian-U.S. Workshop. National Academies Press. 2009. p. 269. ISBN 9780309177320. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. ^ Sara Peterssohn (28 May 2014). "Svensk prisad i Ryssland för kärnkraftssäkerhet". Ny Teknik (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. ^ "СКОРБНАЯ ВЕСТЬ..." Submariners Club Russia. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.