Key Step For Polish Nuclear Project As Site Is Handed Over To US Contractor

Warsaw planning three Westinghouse AP1000 reactors in north of Poland

Key Step For Polish Nuclear Project As Site Is Handed Over To US Contractor
The site for Poland’s first commercial nuclear power station. Courtesy PEJ.

The project to build Poland’s first commercial nuclear power station has reached a key milestone with the site in Pomerania handed over to general contractor Bechtel and earthworks underway.

US-based engineering company Bechtel replaces Polish state project company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) as coordinator of the project site, PEJ said.

In 2022 Warsaw chose US-based Westinghouse to supply three AP1000 pressurised water reactor units for the facility. In 2023, Westinghouse and Bechtel formed a consortium for the project.

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