Energetyka jądrowa w Polsce - uwarunkowania prawne i procesy decyzyjne

Construction of a nuclear power station is a huge challenge – due to the scale, volume of the capital involved, method of financing, length of the investment process, the level of technical complexity and comprehensiveness of the investment, as well as its political uncertainty. The long process of preparing for this construction was started in Poland already in 2009. Therefore it seems that a revision of the approach to the building schedule of Poland’s first nuclear power plant is necessary, as well as the realistic evaluation, revision and update of the assumptions made. The article, based on historical data related to development plans for nuclear energetics in Poland, and referring to environmental research and location studies of key importance to the current stage of the construction, is aimed at indicating that the investment in nuclear energy in the country with no nuclear tradition whatever, is a long process, almost as long as the very operation of such an investment.