Choczewo Nuclear Plant Gains Momentum

In September 2023 Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel Corporation created a consortium to deliver to the Polish state nuclear operator Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe S.A. the first Polish nuclear plant in Choczewo Commune at Baltic seaside. The plant with three AP1000 reactors is expected to produce 3750 Mwe since 2040. It will contain one of the first world reactors of III+PWR generation with the most advanced technologies and standards in nuclear industry. The whole project is estimated at total zł 150b ($ 37b). The consortium agreement also provides for creation of the supplies chain with over 500 Polish companies. “This is not only a commercial venture, we are working on a strategy to create a nuclear industry in Poland. The US Department of Energy invests in the training centre. Thanks to this investment Poland will be able to provide engineers also to other countries to create nuclear projects there. We want Poland to be efficient and we are proud to partner in usage of efficient and safe nuclear technology” said the US Ambassador in Poland Mark Brzeziński. 
In 2023 Pomorski Voivod issued the decision on location of the plant and the General Directorate for Environmental Protection issued its environmental permit. In February 2024 Bechtel concluded contracts with Energoprojekt-Katowice to provide services connected with regulation, standardisation and environment, and with Prochem to support permits procedures. On 7 August 2024 the National Roads and Motorways Directorate announced call for tenders to construct 26 km road from S7 Express Road to the plant site. The construction contract will be signed in 1q 2025 and the road should be opened by 2028. On 19 August the Government declared new legislation by the end of this year to provide zł 60b ($ 15b) to Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe’s equity that now amounts to zł 3b. The funds will be transferred in the years 2025-2030. Other funds for the nuclear plant will be provided mainly by foreign export agencies, especially Export-Import Bank of the United  States.