Russia's state-run RIA Novosti reported on the 28th (local time) that Poland's Ministry of Energy asked four overseas corporations, including Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP), to join talks on the country's second nuclear power plant construction project.
According to the report, the ministry said, "While proceeding with the plan for the first nuclear power plant to be located in Pomerania, we are preparing a similar second investment," and added, "We invited four reactor manufacturing corporations from the United States, Canada, France, and Korea to participate in a competitive dialogue."
The four invited corporations are Westinghouse Electric Corporation, headquartered in the United States; French state-run energy corporation EDF; KHNP of Korea; and Canadian engineering and nuclear corporation AtkinsRéalis. The competitive dialogue is scheduled for 2026, and Poland will decide at that time which corporation's technology to adopt.
Poland began construction of its first nuclear power plant this fall under its "nuclear development plan." The pressurized water reactor (PWR) design will be applied, and Unit 1 will be built in the coastal village of Choczewo near Gdańsk, the central city of Pomerania, with operations slated to begin in 2033. Westinghouse is currently handling the project's preliminary design.
If all goes as planned, Poland will add a new plant every two to three years. Once all six units are completed, the country will secure up to 9 gigawatts (GW) of capacity.
Meanwhile, KHNP won a bid in April to build two units at the Dukovany nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic. During the process, the corporation also faced allegations that it reached an unfavorable intellectual property dispute settlement with Westinghouse of the United States to secure future nuclear orders.