Type
Closure
Country
Lithuania
Region
Lietuva; Utenos apskritis;
Location of affected unit(s)
Ignalina
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products
Manufacture Of Basic Metals
24.46 - Processing of nuclear fuel

800 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
12 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 January 2010

Description

Approximately 800 people working in Lithuania's Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant are set to lose their jobs following the facility's closure at the end of 2009 in Ignalina region. At present 2,700 employees are employed in the Nuclear Power Plant. The rest 1,900 people will remain employed at the Ignalina facility for some time to help with decommissioning projects. According to the management, more than 300 jobs will be cut until the end of the year 2009 and around 500 - at the beginning of 2010.


Sources

  • 12 October 2009: veidas

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, Closure in Lithuania, factsheet number 69816, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69816.