OREANDA-NEWS. At a meeting held on 20 February 2013, the JSC PIMCU Board of Directors appointed Sergey Shurygin as the company’s new Director General. He will assume his new position on 26 February. Viktor Svyatetsky, who previously held this position, will move to the post of the JSC VNIPIpromtechnologii Director as of 27 February

The key tactical objectives facing Sergey Shurygin are to enhance operational efficiency, continue improving occupational, industrial and environmental safety standards, and creating the optimal conditions for attracting and retaining the best professionals at the company. His major strategic priority is to implement the JSC PIMCU Mid-Term Development Programme, which was approved by the State Corporation Rosatom in 2012.

 The main task of Viktor Svyatetsky as the JSC VNIPIpromtechnologii Director will be the establishment of an engineering centre that incorporates all of the design and development competencies of ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. 

Viktor Svyatetsky took an active part in implementing the JSC PIMCU Anti-Crisis Programme in 2012, as well as in elaborating the company’s Mid-Term Development Programme. The tasks he will address at his new position are of comparable magnitude, noted Tigran Khachaturov, the Acting Director General of ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. “Sergey Shurygin’s entire professional career is related to JSC PIMCU. He has extensive expertise in the mining industry. He is very well aware of the specifics of JSC PIMCU operations and has the capacity to ensure efficient company development for the benefit of the entire Russian atomic industry.”