Poland confirms investment decision for first NPP

Poland’s Minister of Weather & Setting, at the ask for of utility Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ), has issued a fundamental conclusion formally confirming that expenditure in Poland’s 1st NPP is in the general public desire and in line with condition electrical power plan. This doc entitles PEJ to implement for more administrative decisions, these kinds of as siting and design permits.

The application submitted by PEJ in April provided a description of undertaking such as optimum whole installed ability, prepared operation time and the technology. The Ministry suggests the documentation is in line with strategic authorities files, which include the 2022 resolution of the Council of Ministers, which indicated the have to have for a NPP with a potential of up to 3750 MWe in the Choczewo or Gniewino and Krokowa communes, applying US AP1000 reactor engineering. The planned financial investment constitutes the implementation of the Polish Nuclear Vitality Programme, is regular with the Polish Vitality Policy to 2040 and in line with the targets of the European Union’s climate coverage.

Poland has formidable nuclear power advancement designs. In September 2021, it was announced that six large pressurised water reactors with a put together installed ability of 6-9 GWe could be designed by 2040 to decrease its reliance on coal. Design of the initial 1.-1.6 GWe plant was anticipated to commence in 2026 for commissioning in 2033. Subsequent models will be implemented each and every 2-3 yrs. The towns of Lubiatowo and Kopalino in Choczewo municipality in the province of Pomerania had been named as the desired spot for the 1st plant. In November 2022, the authorities introduced the initially plant, with a potential of 3750 MWe, would be built in Pomerania working with Westinghouse AP1000 technological innovation. An arrangement outlining a prepare for shipping and delivery of the plant was signed in May by Westinghouse, Bechtel and PEJ.

In addition, ZE PAK, Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Ability have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on a nuclear electrical power plant project in Patnow, in central Poland, examining the viability of building South Korean APR1400 reactors on the web site.

Applications have also been submitted for tiny modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland. In April, copper and silver producer KGHM Polska Miedz SA utilized for a conclusion-in-principle on the construction of a NuScale VOYGR SMR power plant in Poland. Orlen Synthos Green Electricity has applied for a final decision-in-theory on the development of SMRs centered on GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 at six places.

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Graphic courtesy of Ministry of Local weather & Environment, Authorities of Poland