Poland’s nuclear project company Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) submitted an application on 28 August for a permit for starting preparatory works for the construction of the country’s first commercial nuclear power station.

PEJ said planned activities include securing the site for future construction and surveying.

It said it has submitted the permit application to the head of the province of Pomerania, the planned site for three Westinghouse AP1000 pressurised water reactor plants near the villages of Lubiatowo and Kopalino, to the northwest of Gdansk on the Baltic coast.