Polish Minister sees no threats to nuclear power plant construction schedule

We do not see any threats to the construction schedule and the entire investment process of the nuclear power plant in Poland, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Milosz Motyka conveyed on Monday. In his opinion, the transition from coal to nuclear is crucial to maintain the competitiveness of Polish companies.

During the 10th All-Poland Economic Summit held on Monday, undersecretary of state at the Ministry of the Environment and Ecology Miłosz Motyka noted that Poland is moving away from fossil fuel imports. ‘If someone says that we are betting on renewable energy sources and they are ‘weather-dependent’, then I prefer to be ‘weather-dependent’ than to be dependent on fossil fuel imports from non-democratic countries or the Russian Federation,’ he – he said.

– If it is written in the Russian Federation’s 2017 energy security strategy that a low-carbon economy, its development and betting on nuclear is a threat to the interests of the Russian Federation and the security of the country, then this is the best evidence for us to go in this direction, Motyka said.

He added that the government sees no threats to the construction schedule and the entire investment process of the nuclear power plant in Poland. ‘This process is not threatened,’ he – he assured.

According to the deputy head of the Ministry of the Environment and the Environment, the transformation from coal to nuclear is crucial to maintain the competitiveness of Polish companies. He added that the construction of a nuclear power plant ‘is a key project from the point of view of energy security and geopolitics’.

The current 2020 version of the Polish Nuclear Power Programme (PPEJ) envisages the construction of two nuclear power plants with a total capacity of 6-9 GW, with the 100 per cent state-owned company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe as investor and operator.

The previous government identified the Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium as the partner for the first power plant. It is to be built at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino location in Pomerania. The Ministry of Climate announced an update to the NPPJ later this year.

The power plant is to be built using Westinghouse AP1000 technology and will consist of three units. According to recent declarations from the government, the first nuclear concrete for the first unit is to be poured in 2028, with construction completed in 2035.

Source: PortalMorski.pl