Bechtel to partner Westinghouse in construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant

U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, Ahmet Tokpinar, general manager of Bechtel’s nuclear power business line, Elias Gedeon, senior vice president for commercial operations at Westinghouse, Miroslaw Kowalik, president, Westinghouse Poland, and Anna Łukaszewska-Trzeciakowska, Poland government plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure. (Photo: Business Wire)

US contractor Bechtel and Westinghouse Electric Company have signed a formal agreement to partner on the design and construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant.

The plant, at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in Pomerani, is estimated to cost US$20 billion.

The consortium and Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe are expected to sign an engineering services contract next week.

The Polish government selected the Westinghouse AP1000® reactor technology for its first-ever nuclear energy program in November 2022.

Licensing and engineering work is already underway on the project.