Vladimir Smirnov
Between 2002 and 2007 Vladimir Smirnov was General Director of Tekhsnabexport (Tenex) which carries out the export of goods and services produced by Russian nuclear enterprises. Tenex represents 35-50% of the nuclear world market. During this period, Tenex also signed long term contracts until 2020 on the system of guaranteed supplies of low-enriched uranium for almost all of the world's nuclear power plants.