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14.04.2015 14:26
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Plans to build Poland's first nuclear power plant will be delayed by at least another two years after the decision late last year by state-run utility PGE to take on site research itself and cancel a consultancy contract, Reuters reported citing sources close to the project.
Now PGE's move last December to scrap a 250 million zloty (USD 65.87 million) contract with Australia's WorleyParsons , on the grounds that it was taking too long to look into available sites, will push the plant's construction further back, according to two sources with knowledge of the project.
The project's official deadlines are to have the first unit operating by 2025, delayed from the original plan to be up and running by 2020, and to complete the plant by 2035.
On top of the consultancy wrangles, there is as yet no decision on how PGE is to bear the cost of the project. It has said only that it plans to find a strategic partner to supply the technology needed to build the nuclear plant and help carry some of the costs. Proceedings aiming at selecting the partner will be launched in the second half of this year.
The project, expected to cost between USD 10 billion and USD 15 billion, was first touted in 2009 as part of a drive to find alternatives to coal-fired power.
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