OREANDA-NEWS. September 29, 2008. The Director General of Energoatom Concern has appointed Nikolay Sorokin as Deputy Director General of Energoatom Concern-Director of Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. Before the appointment Sorokin was Deputy Director General-Technical Director of Energoatom Concern.

Nikolay Mikhailovich Sorokin was born in Chapayevo, Chapayevo district, West-Kazakh region, in 1944.

In 1968 he graduated from the “Power Generating Systems” Department of Gorky Polytechnic Institute.

In 1968–1973 he was design engineer at the Experimental Design Bureau of Machine Building of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building of USSR (Gorky).

In 1973–1985 he was engineer, the senior engineer of the adjustment department, the shift manager of the reactor department, the deputy shift manager of Leningrad NPP of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building of USSR (Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad region).

In 1982–1985 Sorokin was the Head of the Production-Technical Department of Ignalina NPP of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building of USSR (Sneckus, Lithuanian SSR).

In 1985 he was appointed as the chief engineer of the Directorate for Kostroma NPP Construction of the Ministry of Energy of USSR (Buy, Kostroma region).

In 1987–1994 he was the deputy chief operating engineer, the chief engineer, the director general of Chernobyl NPP (Chernobyl, Kyiv region).

In 1994 he was the Head of the Directorate for Kostroma NPP Construction of the Miinstry of Atomic Energy of Russia.

Since 1995 he has been the Head of the General Directorate for NPP Operation, the Head of the NPP Operation Department, the First Deputy Technical Director, the Vice President-Technical Director, the First Deputy Director General for Electrical and Thermal Energy Production-Technical Director, the Deputy Director General-Technical Director of FSUE “Rosenergoatom” Concern.”
 
Sorokin has been awarded “Rosenergoatom”’s Medal “For Contribution to NPP Safety Enhancement” and the Certificate of Merit of the Ministry of Atomic Energy of Russia. He is Veteran of the Nuclear Power Industry.