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Before his appointment to Vienna, he was Director General of the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR) in Dimitrovgrad, Russian Federation, and, after RIAR's privatization in 2008, Director of the Joint Stock Company State Scientific Centre RIAR.

After graduating in chemistry from Moscow State University in 1982, Mr. Bychkov joined RIAR, where he has worked progressively as an engineer and researcher, Head of the Fuel Technology Laboratory, Head of the Fuel Cycle Department, Director of the Chemical Technological Division and Deputy to the General Director until 2006 when he was appointed Director General. He took over the position of Director General of RIAR during a period of crisis and managed to restore stability of its work, enhance productivity and increase RIAR's main safety indexes.

His experience and main areas of activity cover molten salt chemistry, the chemistry and technology of actinides and nuclear fuel, the closed fuel cycle including all aspects of the fast reactors fuel cycle, spent nuclear fuel reprocessing and high level waste treatment, hot laboratory techniques, radionuclide technologies and applications of research reactors. He is a leading specialist in the field of non-aqueous methods of nuclear fuel reprocessing (pyro-processing).

In the 1990s, Mr. Bychkov began researching the partitioning and transmutation of minor actinides in the fast reactor closed fuel cycle (DOVITA Programme). From 1997 to 2002, he led a team of scientists studying the pyro-conversion of weapons plutonium to MOX fuel, as part of a US-Russian cooperation. From 2001 onwards, he also led RIAR efforts within the framework of the Russian-USA Global Partnership on the return and treatment of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from research reactors in other countries.

Mr. Bychkov gained his PhD in 1998. He is a co-author of more than 150 scientific works and has ten patents to his credit.

"World Nuclear Energy Prospects, Nuclear 'Newcomers' and Nuclear Safety Action Plan" - Presentation at the European Nuclear Conference - ENC 2012 (9-12 December 2012)
9 December 2012 | Presentation | Manchester, UK

TM on Strategies for the Expansion of Nuclear Power Programmes: Topical Issues on the Development of Strategic Partnerships
16 October 2012 | Video Opening Address/Text Version | Beijing, China

36th Consultative Meeting of INIS Liaison Officers
4 October 2012 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

“High Level Waste and Spent Fuel Management from a Global Perspective” - Presentation at the International Conference on Geological Repositories: ICGR 2012 (30 September–3 October 2012)
1 October 2012 | Presentation / Abstract | Toronto, Canada

5th INPRO Dialogue Forum: Long-term Prospects
for Nuclear Energy in the Post-Fukushima Era
27 August 2012 | Opening Address | Seoul, Republic of Korea

"Status and Prospects of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles"
Lecture at the 4th INPRO Dialogue Forum (31 July–3Aug 2012)
31 July 2012 | Presentation | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

19th Meeting of the INPRO Steering Committee
11 July 2012 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

Meeting of the TWG on Managing HR in the Field of Nuclear Energy
19 June 2012 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

Meetings of the TWG-LWR & TWG-HWR
18 June 2012 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

International Workshop on Prevention and Mitigation
of Severe Accidents in Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR)
11 June 2012 | Opening Address / Presentation | Tsuruga, Japan

3rd International Conference on NPP Life Management
14 May 2012 | Presentation | Salt Lake City, USAa

International Experts Meeting:
Reactor and Spent Fuel Safety in the Light of the
Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
19 March 2012 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

Annual Meeting of the TWG on Research Reactors
14 March 2012 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

6th GIF/ INPRO Interface Meeting
6 March 2012 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

WNA India International Nuclear Symposium
Nuclear Power Prospects after the Fukushima Accident
21 February 2012 | Presentation | New Delhi, India

Meeting with Government Officials,
Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology
19 February 2012 | Statement | Dhaka, Bangladesh

TM/WS on Topical Issues on Infrastructure Development:
Managing the Development of a National Infrastructure for NPPs
24 January 2012 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

GCC Regional School of Nuclear Energy Management
8 January 2012 | Opening Address | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

UNIDO General Conference
1 December 2011 | IAEA Statement | Vienna, Austria

18th Meeting of the INPRO Steering Committee
2 November 2011 | Opening Address | Vienna, Austria

International Workshop on Public Information
and Understanding to Introduce a New Nuclear Power Plant
10 October 2011 | Opening Address | Seoul, Republic of Korea

INPRO Dialogue Forum: Common User Considerations
for Small and Medium-sized Nuclear Power Reactors
10 October 2011 | Opening Address | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

IAEA Board of Governors
12 September 2011 | Statement | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

20th Anniversary of the Wismut Corporation
8 September 2011 | Opening Address | Berlin, Germany

ICTP/IAEA School of Nuclear Energy Management
8 August 2011 | Opening Address | Trieste, Italy

7th International Conference on Isotopes
4 September 2011 | Opening Address | Moscow, Russian Federation