Westinghouse and Bechtel have met key stakeholders in Warsaw and Gdansk to showcase progress on Poland’s first commercial nuclear power station, a project they say will drive more than 100 billion zloty (€23bn, $26bn) of economic impact.

In a statement, the two companies, who are partners in the project, said local authorities in Gdansk were briefed on the latest project milestones, including in-depth geological surveys underway at the construction site that provide critical data to advance project planning.

The project is being implemented by Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), a company owned by the Polish state, at the site near the villages of Lubiatowo and Kopalino in Choczewo commune, Pomerania, a province in the north of Poland.