Areva and EDF have signed cooperation agreements with four Polish companies to bolster their local supply chain in the country. Areva's EPR is one of four reactor designs under consideration for Poland's first nuclear power plant.

A summit meeting of the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Japan has concluded with the prime ministers promising ongoing cooperation in fields including nuclear energy.

Work may be halted on the Baltic nuclear power plant project as the possibility to export its power appears less certain.

WorleyParsons is to carry out site characterisation, licensing and permitting services for Poland's first nuclear power plant, Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (PGE) has announced.

Three companies keen to help Poland construct its first nuclear power plant have taken further steps to strengthen their local supply chain with the signature of two separate agreements with Polish entitites.

Nearly 90 kilograms of high-enriched uranium fuel has been returned to Russia from Poland's only operating research reactor, which is now running on low-enriched uranium fuel.

Four state-owned companies have signed a letter of intent for participation in the preparation, construction and operation of Poland's first nuclear power plant. An agreement could be signed by the end of the year.

The supervisory board of Polish utility Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) has approved the construction of two nuclear power plants by 2029 as part of a strategy plan for the period 2012 to 2035 aimed at increasing its installed generating capacity while diversifying its generating technology.

Polish utility Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) is concentrating on its own nuclear plans instead of taking part in the Visaginas nuclear power plant in Lithuania or buying power from the forthcoming Kaliningrad nuclear power plant in Russia.