The plant is being built on Poland’s northern Baltic Sea coast.
The plant is being built on Poland’s northern Baltic Sea coast.
Karol Nawrocki says it is necessary in the face of an “aggressive, imperial Russia”.
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Coal generated 52.2% of power, by far the highest figure in the EU.
The decision means “construction will be able to start immediately”, as early as this month, says Donald Tusk.
The firm claims it will be at the “forefront of the global deployment of small modular reactors”.
Westinghouse and Bechtel were first chosen in 2022 as partners on the 192 billion zloty ($51 billion) project.
Despite the previous contract expiring and the new one not yet being signed, the government says the schedule will not be affected.
It produces 10% of the world’s molybdenum-99, a radioactive isotope used in diagnosing cancer.
The government wants to provide 60bn zloty (€14.4bn) to cover 30% of the costs of the plant.
“We would be safer if we had our own nuclear arsenal,” says Donald Tusk.
Alicja Ptak
The coalition has not enacted a single law that would significantly advance the transition.
Poland, which is seeking to develop its first nuclear power stations, hopes Japan can help it “build nuclear skills and competences”.
“I have asked the president not to discuss such delicate and secret matters in public, because it does not help Poland.”
Officials have emphasised that no decision on changing the location has been made.