Vitaliy Fedorovich Konovalov (14 September 1932–9 May 2013) was a Soviet politician who served as the minister of atomic energy and industry.
[1] He was a graduate of Ural Polytechnic Institute where he obtained a degree in technical engineering in 1956.
[1] In March 1986, he joined the Ministry of Medium Machine Building where he served as the deputy minister after working in various positions.
[2][3] In July 1989 he was appointed minister of atomic energy and industry and was in office until 1991.
[1][4] In 1996 Konovalov founded the TVEL, a nuclear fuel cycle company, which he headed until 2000.