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Construction of first reactor to begin in 2026 On 2 November, the Polish prime-minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced a long-awaited decision on the nuclear technology provider for the country's first nuclear power station. Image courtesy Office of the Polish Prime-Minister. The Polish cabinet officially confirmed in a resolution yesterday the selection of US-based Westinghouse Electric Company for the construction of the country’s first nuclear power station near its Baltic Sea coastline.

Polish climate and environment minister Anna Moskwa told a press briefing that three Westinghouse-made AP1000 pressurised water reactor units will be deployed at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in the northern province of Pomerania (Pomorze).

The first unit is scheduled to be online in 2033 as set in Warsaw’s 2020 nuclear energy programme while the start of construction is earmarked for 2026.

“Poland has never been so close to building a nuclear power plant as it is today,” Ms Moskwa said and added that “the decision to confirm a strategic partnership with the US brings us closer to the implementation of this project.”

Date: Friday, 04 November 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/government-confirms-westinghouse-selected-to-build-first-nuclear-station-11-4-2022

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