Energoatom's shrinking workforce: 3,000 employees now work for Russia, while 2,000 have left Ukraine

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

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

Details: Nearly 1,000 of Energoatom’s employees have joined Ukraine’s armed forces to defend the country. Meanwhile, 3,000 workers chose to sign contracts with Rosatom, the Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation, and stay at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. A further 2,000 employees have left Ukraine.

Kotin said around 5,000 employees of the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remain in Ukrainian-controlled territory and are working in other divisions of Energoatom.

Background: The construction and installation of new power units at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine’s west will require an additional 9,000 employees and the recruitment of new staff.

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