Two companies set up in Poland to commercialise micro- and small modular nuclear reactors have applied to the regulator for the country’s first safety assessments of new generation nuclear technology.

The National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) said Orlen Synthos Green Energy and KGHM had both submitted application documents on 8 July. Orlen’s submission is for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor technology and KGHM’s is for NuScale's Voygr SMR power plant.

The PAA said its experts will check whether the documentation complies with the requirements of nuclear safety and radiological protection. The PAA president “will issue a general opinion on this matter within six months”, it added.