Poland’s nuclear project company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) considers the establishment of a consortium involving US-based Westinghouse Electric and Bechtel its “preferred model” for the construction of a first AP1000 nuclear power station in the northern province of Pomerania.

Lukasz Mlynarkiewicz, acting president of PEJ, told a panel discussion at the European Economic Congress (EEC) in Katowice that his company is involved in talks with both Westinghouse and Bechtel and would like to work with a consortium between the two forming one entity.

He said issues still need to be addressed between the partners, including how to best optimise the project and construction processes and implement lessons learned from the AP1000 project at Vogtle in the US.

In November 2022, Warsaw said it had chosen US-based Westinghouse Electric to supply its AP1000 reactor technology for a three-unit nuclear power station at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site near the Baltic coast in Pomerania.