
Polish and US officials have signed an agreement in Warsaw to build Poland's first nuclear power plant, part of an effort by the central European nation to move away from polluting fossil fuels.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the agreement to build the plant in the Lubiatowo-Kopalino area in the Pomerania region near the Baltic Sea the beginning of a new chapter for Poland and described nuclear power as a sustainable and clean energy source, the Associated Press reports.
The plant in northern Poland will cost about $23 billion to build. Poland was among 11 EU countries that agreed last February to deepen cooperation on nuclear power, calling it the best strategy to meet targets for cutting carbon emissions.
"Today, Poland opens a new chapter in nuclear energy. Just as the 20th century belonged to coal and oil, the 21st century belongs to the atom. We cannot risk the stability of our energy system, the stability of the whole our economy, relying on unstable energy sources", said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a contract signing ceremony.