Poland’s state nuclear company Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) and the US consortium of Westinghouse and Bechtel have signed a key agreement that ensures the continuity of the country’s first commercial nuclear power station project.

PEJ said the engineering development agreement (EDA) is a platform for further cooperation and “an example of mutually beneficial compromise”.

The company said in a statement: “It [the EDA] maintains the highest technological and safety standards while ensuring reasonable costs and responsible risk and schedule management.”