PEJ obtains PAA's opinion on safety system classification methodology
Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) have received an opinion from the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) on the safety system classification methodology. The document is important for ensuring nuclear safety.
‘We are speeding up – recently, we have made significant progress on the nuclear project, thanks to the following achievements: the government will secure a total of about PLN 60 billion over the period 2025-2030 to support this strategic project, work has begun on key components of the associated infrastructure of the nuclear power plant, an application has been submitted for a permit to begin preparatory work, and all this with an emphasis on the highest safety standards, as confirmed by the second general opinion issued for PEJ by the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency,’ said Maciej Bando, Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure. ‘This is an important step towards increasing energy security, environmental protection and Poland's economic development.’
‘We have requested an opinion from the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency on the classification methodology, because safety is a fundamental principle of our project,’ said Leszek Juchniewicz, PEJ CEO. ‘As a responsible investor, we are closely cooperating with the PAA, and will continue to do so throughout the project execution.’ This is the second opinion of the PAA President for PEJ. The former concerned the verification of safety analyses for the power plant in the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site, and was obtained by the company in June 2023.
The opinion issued by the PAA is an assessment of organizational and technical solutions regarding structures, systems and components of the AP1000 reactor. Three such reactors, of a net capacity of 1,250 MWe each, will generate emission-free electricity at Poland’s first nuclear power plant. The structures, systems and components of a nuclear facility should be classified according to the most significant function they perform. Their appropriate classification strongly affects safety of a nuclear facility.
In the opinion issued, the PAA President assessed the compliance of the methodology proposed by PEJ with the requirements imposed by the Atomic Law and the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 31 August 2012 on the requirements of nuclear safety and radiation protection to be taken into account in the design of a nuclear facility.