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Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe Company have signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Westinghouse Electric Company, whose AP1000 technology was selected for the first nuclear power plant in Poland by the Government of the Republic of Poland.

On 15 December 2022, the Extraordinary Meeting of Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe appointed Mr. Łukasz Młynarkiewicz as a Vice-President of the Company’s Management Board.

Another important step of the administrative process regarding the construction of a nuclear power plant in Pomerania has begun. Documents concerning the transboundary assessment of the project environmental impact have been sent by the General Director for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) to states participating in this international assessment.

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) applied to the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency for general opinion regarding scope of verification of safety analyses of planned nuclear power plants proposed by PEJ.

Meetings with residents and local authorities, participation in summer events across the villages and communes and organisation of Summer Information Points in popular tourist destinations are some of the most important publicity activities organised by PEJ through the summer. A Support Program for Social Initiatives was also launched in March this year, with an annual budget of PLN 2.3 million, to assist the financing of local projects.

Information meetings conducted by the investor in the first half of April were held in Słajszewo, Sasin, Jackowo and Kopalin, i.e. in the Choczewo municipality, indicated by Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe as a preferred location for the first nuclear power plant in Poland. Their main purpose was to present the most important information on the investment as included in the so-called environmental report  The document was submitted to the General Director of Environmental Protection on March 29.

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for the nuclear power plant to be constructed in Pomerania has been submitted to the General Director for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) on 29 March 2022. This means that it is now possible to resume the proceedings to obtain the Environmental Decision.

A coastal commune of Choczewo has been selected as the preferred site where the first Polish nuclear power plant is to be built. The site named “Lubiatowo-Kopalino” has been chosen on the basis of  detailed site investigation and environmental surveys conducted since 2017, on a scale unprecedented in Poland, proving that the site meets all the environmental requirements set out for such facilities, and is safe for residents. Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe will now apply for the necessary administrative decisions.

On 15 June 2021, an amendment to the Articles of Association of PGE EJ 1 was entered into the National Court Register (KRS). According to the present wording of the Articles of Association, the Company runs its business as Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością (Polish Nuclear Power Plants limited liability company), or PEJ sp. z o.o. for short. The new legal name is applicable as of the date of its registration in the KRS.

The Polish Cabinet passed a resolution updating the Polish Nuclear Power Program (PNPP). The document includes a schedule of the first nuclear power plant construction and determination of the PNPP scale.