Government delays nuclear power plant project

Polish government will not make any decisions regarding building a nuclear plant right now, deputy PM Mateusz Morawiecki announced at the press conference. “It's not a right moment to decide whether to build it or not. We will make such decisions in coming months or quarter,” Morawiecki said. The project was not mentioned in the announced Strategy for Responsible Growth. The project, announced back in 2014, envisioned launching the first nuclear power plant in 2024. Later, the deadline was pushed to 2029. Back in January, the ministry of energy said that the financing plan for the scheme would be announced mid-2017 “at the latest.” The initial plan was to build a nuclear power bloc with capacity exceeding 1,000 MW.