Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev asked the head of the Governor Administration Yakov Silin to personally supervise the situation around Ural Electro-Chemical Plant in Novouralsk.

Silin is to meet the representatives of Rosatom State Corporation next week in order to talk over a number of issues relating to the protection of the local dweller’s labor rights and to come up with a number of measures to make things at the plant more stable. Sverdlovsk Region Government and the regional Industry & Science Ministry are also working on ruling the situation out.

‘Things look complicated in Novouralsk. The decision to reorganize the plant was taken by the proprietor, who thought that outsourcing the non-core assets would be economically expedient. Under these circumstances, the regional authorities’ main task is to meet all the obligation the region assumed when signing an additional agreement with Rosatom. This will let the region make things more stable in this limited-entry town. Yet it is important to understand that this cannot be done within a day,’ says Acting Industry & Science Minister of Sverdlovsk Region Vladislav Pinayev.

Now Ural Electro-Chemical Plant is currently in the final stage of a several years’ restructuring process. Most of the non-core assets have been outsourced, for example, Novouralsk Scientific Design Center Uralpribor, Ural Gas Centrifuges, and other enterprises, including those relating to the social infrastructure.