Nuclear plant to cost 13.5 billion euro, experts estimate
PR dla Zagranicy
John Beauchamp
30.05.2011 11:27
New figures drawn up by energy specialists reveal that Poland’s first nuclear power plant, which is hoped to go online by 2020, will cost up to 13.5 billion euro.
The figure tanslates to around 3-3.5 billion euro per 1000 MW, although extra funds will have to be spent on the purchase and securing of the property where the plant will be built.
“This figure is just a reference point,” Witold Drozdz, deputy chairman of PGE Energetyka Jadrowa, which is charge of Poland’s nuclear efforts, told the Rzeczpospolita daily.
However, according to Andrzej Strupczewski from the PolAtom Nuclear Energy Institute, the plant’s construction costs could rise by as much as 50 percent due to planning procedures.
Taking into account a power output of 3000 MW, the total expenditure for the proposed plant would amount to 13.5 billion euro.
Meanwhile, Poland’s plans are a reversal to a decision taken by German Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen, who announced the phasing out of nuclear power by 2022, Monday..
The move comes after a team of experts was called up to review Germany’s nuclear power plants after the Fukushima blast in Japan caused widespread contamination following a tsunami in March. (jb)