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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
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Petro Kotin was born on 13 April 1961 in Vladimir.
Petro Kotin graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute with a degree in "Nuclear Power Plants and Installations".
After graduation in 1985 he was accepted to the position of reactor hall operator at Zaporizhzhia NPP. Petro Kotin has passed all stages of operational management, worked in the field of international activities.
At the headquarters of SE "NNEGC "Energoatom" Petro Kotin headed the production unit, participated in international projects, was repeatedly invited as an expert to WANO and IAEA missions.
By the order of the President of the SE "NNEGC "Energoatom" dated August 27, 2019 Petro Kotin was appointed General Manager of SE "Zaporizhzhia NPP".
Since April 2, 2020, to May 31, 2022, he was Acting President of SE NNEGC “Energoatom”.
In accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of UkraineNo. 430-r dated May 31, 2022, Petro Kotin was appointed the President ofSE NNEGC "Energoatom".
He was awarded with the award pins "Honorary Worker of Nuclear Energy", "Excellence in Nuclear Energy" and honors "For a significant contribution to the development of nuclear energy in Ukraine".
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