Energoatom (Ukraine)

Energoatom
legal form	State property
founding	17th October 1996
Seat	Kiev
management	Jurij Olexandrowytsch Nedaschkowskyj (President)
Number of employees	~ 38,000
sales	~ € 1.5 billion
Branch	Energy supplier
Website	www.atom.gov.ua

The National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom for short NNEGC Energoatom ( Ukrainian НАЕК Енергоатом ) is a Ukrainian state-owned company that is entrusted with the operation of all Ukrainian nuclear power plants . The company is responsible for the operation of the current nuclear reactors, the construction of new nuclear power plants, as well as for the procurement of nuclear fuel and the disposal of the nuclear waste .

The company currently operates four nuclear power plants:

• the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant , consisting of 6 reactors of the type VVER -1000 / V320
• the nuclear power plant South Ukraine , consisting of a reactor of the type VVER -1000 / V302, a reactor of the type VVER-1000 / V338 and a reactor of the type VVER-1000 / V320
• the Rivne nuclear power plant , consisting of two reactors of the type VVER-440 / V213 and two reactors of the type VVER -1000 / V320,
• and the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant , consisting of two VVER -1000 / V320 reactors.

The power plants consist of a total of 15 units (13 reactors of the type VVER-1000 and two reactors of the type VVER-440 ). The oldest operating block dates from 1977, the newest from 1986.

The prefabricated construction of two further power plant blocks at the Chmelnyzkyj site has been under discussion for several years, but has not yet been decided.

The company employs more than 38,000 people. In 2006, it posted a net profit of more than € 37 million on sales of around € 1.5 billion.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olena Kapustjan (ukr. Олена Капустян): "Енергоатом" очолив Ю.Недашковський ( to Ger . Nedashkowskyj now heads Energoatom). unn.com.ua, March 5, 2014, accessed May 15, 2015 (Ukrainian). 

Web links

• Official website (English)