Site investigation and environmental assessment

The selection of a suitable site is one of the key conditions for ensuring the safe operation of the power plant and for minimizing its impact on the lives of local residents and the natural environment. Between 2017 and 2021, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe carried out site investigation and environmental assessment activities that determined how the nuclear power plant (NPP) will affect the surrounding environment and human health (environmental assessment), and how environmental conditions might affect the safety of the power plant’s operation (site investigation). These studies were conducted at two sites: “Lubiatowo-Kopalino” and “Żarnowiec”, located in the areas of the Choczewo, Gniewino, and Krokowa communes in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The results of the analyses formed the basis for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report.

The objective of the environmental assessment was to determine the project’s impact on the environment during the preparation, construction, operation, and decommissioning stages of the NPP. Conversely, the aim of the site investigation was to obtain data for assessing the site’s suitability for NPP siting, including verifying any factors that would preclude the site from meeting nuclear safety requirements (the presence of a so-called ‘fatal flaw’).

This work is carried out by the Company with the participation of the Technical Advisor.