The European Commission has agreed that Warsaw will use public funds to build the Baltic Sea country's first nuclear power plant. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced this before a cabinet meeting.
“Small formalities are still being settled, but we will receive official confirmation that the European Commission approves state aid for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Poland in just a few moments,“ Tusk said, as broadcast by TVP Info. The Polish prime minister explained that the government will transfer the first tranche of 4.6 billion zlotys ($1.2 billion) in government bonds to the contractor as early as December. "This means that construction is starting," Tusk stressed.
Poland's first nuclear power plant will be built in Lubiatow-Kopalino in the North Pomeranian Voivodeship. The plant's first reactor, a 1.1 GW Westinghouse AP1000, is expected to start operating in 2033. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2038.