US firm Westinghouse has been chosen to build Poland's first nuclear power plant, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said, with US Vice President Kamala Harris saying the decision "can address the climate crisis, strengthen European energy security, and deepen the US-Poland strategic relationship".
New Nuclear 31 October 2022
Poland's Ministry of State Assets, South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Polish companies ZE PAK and Polska Grupa Energetyczna, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power have agreed to develop plans for a nuclear power plant in Patnow in Poland.
New Nuclear 31 October 2022
Poland aims to build six nuclear plants in the coming years and has had offers from the USA’s Westinghouse, South Korea’s KHNP and France’s EDF. As the country’s deadline for making a decision approaches, Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin and Climate Minister Anna Moskwa held talks in Washington with US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
New Nuclear 24 October 2022