The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appointed Yurii Antipov a Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management by its Decree No. 471-з dated May 14, 2015.

Previously Mr. Antipov held a position of Acting Director of PJSC Nuclear Fuel Production Plant and headed the Chief Directorate of the MES of Ukraine in Odessa region. He is a liquidator of the Chernobyl NPP accident.