Polish copper and silver producer KGHM Polska Miedź SA has submitted an application to the country’s climate ministry for a decision-in-principle on the construction of a small modular reactor power plant.
The move means KGHM is the second company to ask for a decision in principle on new nuclear.
Last week nuclear project company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) submitted an application for a decision-in-principle on the proposed construction of a first large-scale nuclear power station in the northern province of Pomerania.
Both applications follow the recent introduction of an updated nuclear energy law which allows applications for a decision in principle to be submitted at the beginning of the process – effectively securing state support for any project before the need for significant investment.