Yelena Olenina Izvestia, February 6, 2001, p. 3
SUMMARY:
Engineer of the Year contest was organized by the Academy of Engineering Sciences of the Union of Scientific and Engineering Associations.
Aleksei Beresnev, the winner: The hull of the Kursk could have been cut at a faster rate than the divers could provide. It can be done with the help of hydrogen plasma. I told Premier Mikhail Kasianov that I was ready to finish the gear that would make the operation in the Barents Sea easier…