
The Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw dismissed the complaint against the environmental decision regarding the construction of a nuclear power plant in Choczew.
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The first Polish nuclear power plant is being built in the Choczewo commune by Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe in cooperation with the Westinghouse and Bechtel consortium.
The first Polish nuclear power plant is being built in the Pomeranian commune of Choczewo. The investor is Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe, and the contractor is a consortium of American companies Westinghouse and Bechtel. The first reactor is scheduled to start operation in 2036, and the next ones in 2037 and 2038.
By the decision of the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw, the complaint against the environmental decision issued for the construction of this facility was dismissed, the company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe announced on Thursday.
"The ruling of the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw confirms that this decision was issued on the basis of a meticulous, multi-variant environmental impact assessment, fully respecting the rigors of Polish and EU law, and allows us to continue working undisturbed on this modern, safe and emission-free energy source," commented Wojciech Wrochna, Deputy Minister of Energy and government plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure, quoted in the company's press release.
An unprecedented scale of investment
As indicated by Polish Nuclear Power Plants, the Provincial Administrative Court confirmed that the report meets all statutory requirements. The court also drew attention to the unprecedented scale of the investment in Poland and pointed out that the environmental report and the reports prepared on the re-assessment of the environmental impact are not comparable to any previous evidence of this type.

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