Polish nuclear project company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) has submitted an application to the country’s ministry of climate and the environment for a “decision in principle” on the proposed construction of a first nuclear power station in the northern province of Pomerania.

The procedural step follows the introduction of an updated nuclear energy law which came into force earlier this week and aims to formally confirm that the new-build investment will be in line with the public interest and Warsaw’s energy policy, including security of energy supply.

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 most likely at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site near the Baltic coast in Pomerania.