Poland has initiated its approval process to construct a nuclear power plant featuring South Korean reactors, even amid ongoing legal disputes between the US-based Westinghouse Electric Corp. and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company (KHNP) over reactor exports. On Aug. 17, PGE PAK Energia Jadrowa SA (PPEJ), a joint venture between Poland’s state-controlled power company Polska Grupa Energetyczna and private entity Zespol Elektrowni Patnow-Adamov-Konin, formally submitted their construction application to Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment. Their proposal centers on building at least two APR-1400 reactors from South Korean providers.

While PPEJ aims to gain approval from Poland’s environment ministry