Yuriy Nedashkovsky / Photo from UNIAN
The decision was taken on November 27.
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has decided to dismiss Yuriy Nedashkovsky from the post of President of state-owned enterprise NAEC Energoatom, which is the operator of all working nuclear power plants in Ukraine.
This was announced by Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk at a briefing.
"Yes, the decision has been made today," he said on November 27. "It was initiated by Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel.
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The government is now changing personnel in many government-controlled structures, he said.
UNIAN memo. Energoatom is Ukraine's largest electricity producer, accounting for about 50% of the country's overall power output. Energoatom is responsible for the safe operation of the country's nuclear power plants.
Ukraine ranks seventh globally in terms of the installed capacity of its nuclear power generating units. Energoatom operates four nuclear power plants across Ukraine with a total of 15 power generating units, all with VVER-type reactors. Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, operating six power units with a total capacity of 6 GW, is Europe's largest.