The decision-in-principle was issued by Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa on Friday, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Poland's second nuclear power plant will be built by PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa, a joint-venture company created by the state-run energy giant PGE and the private energy firm ZE PAK, in cooperation with South Korea's Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), officials said.
By issuing a decision-in-principle, the Polish government "expresses its approval for the investor's planned investment consisting of building a nuclear-energy facility," the Ministry of Climate and Environment in Warsaw said.
The approval confirms the planned project's compliance with public interest, particularly the aims of state policy, including energy policy, and the lack of any negative impact on Poland's internal security, the PAP news agency reported.
Poland's second nuclear power plant will comprise at least two Korean-supplied APR1400 reactors, with a combined capacity of 2,800 MW, according to officials.
The facility will be built in the Patnów-Konin region of the country's western Wielkopolska province and is expected to start operating in 2035, the PAP news agency reported.
Poland's first nuclear power plant due for launch in 2033
On September 27, Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) signed a contract with US firms Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel for the design of Poland's first nuclear power plant, which is due for launch in 2033.
Poland’s first nuclear station is set to be built in the northern villages of Lubiatowo and Kopalino on the Baltic coast, using Westinghouse's AP1000 reactor technology, according to the Polish government.
Construction is set to start in 2026, with the first of three reactors slated to be ready in 2033.
In total, Poland’s nuclear energy policy foresees the creation of six nuclear reactors with a combined installed capacity of 6 to 9 GW by 2040.
(pm/gs)
Source: PAP, Polsat News