Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the workforce of Energoatom, Ukraine's state-owned nuclear power company, has decreased from 35,000 to approximately 30,000 employees.

Source: Energoatom’s report quoting company head Petro Kotin on 6 January, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine

Details: Nearly 1,000 Energoatom’s employees have joined Ukraine’s forces to defend the country. Meanwhile, 3,000 workers chose to sign contracts with Rosatom (Russian state-owned Nuclear Energy Corporation) and stay at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Additionally, 2,000 employees have left Ukraine.

Kotin specified that around 5,000 workers of the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remain in Ukraine-controlled territory and are employed in other Energoatom divisions.

Background:The completion of construction projects and the development of new power units at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant will require an additional 9,000 employees and the recruitment of new staff.

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