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In-depth geological research can begin at the location in Pomerania of Poland's planned first nuclear power plant after the country's Ministry of Climate and Environment approved the Geological Works Project submitted by Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ).

Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Geological-survey-for-first-Polish-plant-to-start

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a a regional Clean Energy Training Centre in Warsaw, Poland to serve Poland and the broader Central European region as a training hub for countries considering new or expanded nuclear reactor deployment. It builds on previous international agreements to expand global nuclear energy capacity and combat the climate crisis.

Date: Saturday, 06 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-launches-training-centre-in-poland-11661395

World leaders gathered in Brussels at the first ever Nuclear Energy Summit co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi. The Summit was the highest-level meeting to date exclusively focused on the topic of nuclear energy. It followed inclusion of nuclear energy in the Global Stocktake agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai in December 2023 and the launch of the IAEA’s Atoms4NetZero initiative.

Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-energy-summit-attracts-world-leaders-11632691

US-based Bechtel, which is overseeing the design and construction of Poland’s first NPP alongside Westinghouse Electric Company, has awarded its first procurement contracts for the construction.

Date: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbechtel-awards-first-contracts-for-polands-npp-11576533

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), which is responsible for the construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant, has joined the Mutual Insurance Association (TUW) of the Polish Mutual Insurance Institution (PZUW). It said the move is an important step toward providing insurance coverage for the project.

Date: Friday, 01 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/PEJ-seeks-insurance-for-Polish-nuclear-power-plant

Staff from the US State Department’s Project Phoenix implementation partners, Sargent & Lundy, have visited Slovakia to carry out the initial phase of a field survey of sites for a feasibility study on deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) that began in 2023.

Date: Thursday, 22 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-project-phoenix-gets-underway-in-slovakia-11533382

Finnish power companies Fortum and TVO, which own and operate NPPs in Finland and Sweden have signed framework agreement with Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) to provide technical support in the design, engineering and preparation for operation of Poland's planned NPP in Pomerania.

Date: Friday, 16 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfortum-and-tvo-to-advise-on-polands-first-npp-11519643

Poland’s General Director for Environmental Protection (GDOS - Generalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Srodowiska) has issued a provision specifying the requirements for the scope of the environmental report for construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) in Monowski Ponds in Lesser Poland. Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) can now begin environmental and siting research for its planned SMR project involving GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300, for which it holds exclusive rights in Poland.

Date: Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsenvironmental-permitting-of-polish-smr-plant-progresses-11494199