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Introducing nuclear power is among the top priorities of Poland’s Energy Policy. The aim of the paper is to present legal, institutional and policy instruments adopted by the Polish Government and Parliament to facilitate deployment of nuclear power plants, with focus on those instruments that are particularly relevant to SMRs.
The particular attention will be given to the special legislation adopted in 2023 aimed at reducing policy, licensing and investment risks related to construction of NPPs. The paper will present in particular the following regulations/instruments:
(1) prelicensing instruments,
(2) regulations on Decision-in-principle (State’s approval of NPP investment project)
(3) regulations to streamline licensing procedures related to environmental impact assessment, siting and construction of nuclear power plant (e.g. mechanisms of parallel administrative proceedings)
(4) regulations to facilitate investment process (such as “fast-track” to construct accompanying infrastructure - energy lines, roads, railways etc; instruments to facilitate preconstruction activities etc.).
Many of the above instruments reflect IAEA recommendations and special regulations that has streamlined various non-nuclear large-scale investments in Poland over recent years, in such areas as aviation (airports) or LNG industry.
In addition the paper will give overview of the relevant institutional and policy instruments (closely linked to the legal framework) such as Committee for Nuclear Power acting within the framework of NEPIO.
Conclusions presented in the paper may be useful for every country planning to develop legal framework for SMRs (as well as other types of nuclear power plants).
| Country OR International Organization | Poland |
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| Email address | kamil.adamczyk@klimat.gov.pl |
| Confirm that the work is original and has not been published anywhere else | yes |
