- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Polish and US firms signed an improved agreement to advance the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant.
- Tusk said the project is expected to begin operations in 2033 with over 60 billion zlotys in public funding.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced in Warsaw that Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) and the US-based firms Westinghouse-Bechtel Consortium signed a new agreement on Monday, April 28, to continue developing Poland’s first nuclear power plant.
Prime Minister Tusk also confirmed the deal after meeting with US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, emphasising that both sides had worked to improve the terms of the agreement. “We revised key areas, 16 in total, to strengthen the agreement and protect the interests of Poland and our American partners,” Tusk said. “The United States has given us credible guarantees, which boost our confidence in this strategic investment.”
The new Engineering Development Agreement builds on an earlier arrangement between PEJ, a state-owned special-purpose vehicle and the consortium, which expired earlier this year. The partnership will deploy Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor technology at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in Choczewo, Pomerania, where the government plans to construct the plant.
In addition, the Polish government selected the AP1000 design in 2022 and views nuclear energy as essential to its long-term energy security and decarbonisation goals. “Today, we moved a step closer to delivering Poland’s first nuclear power plant,” said the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Industry, Wojciech Wrochna.
Also, President Andrzej Duda signed legislation in March that allocated 60.2 billion zlotys (approximately $15.5 billion) in public funding for the project between 2025 and 2030. The government aims to bring the first AP1000 reactor online by 2033.
By advancing this project with strong international backing, Poland is accelerating its transition from coal, strengthening energy independence, and deepening its strategic alliance with the United States.