UK-based small modular reactor developer Rolls-Royce SMR has welcomed the announcement by Polish industrial group Industria that it has received the last government “opinion” needed to progress the approval of an application for a decision-in-principle to build Rolls-Royce SMR power plants in Poland.
A decision-in-principle is the first step towards deployment and requires opinions from several separate government departments. Polish minister of climate and environment Paulina Hennig-Kloska has returned the final opinion required that the investment would have a “positive impact”.
Hennig-Kloska now has all the documentation needed to issue a decision-in-principle to deploy Rolls-Royce SMRs in Poland, the company said in a statement on 25 April.
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