The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
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
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.
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