Survey: More than 90 percent of Poles support building a nuclear power plant

More than 90 percent of Poles support building a nuclear power plant in Poland. This is according to a survey whose results were published by the Polish Ministry of Energy. Nearly 80 percent of Poles would also have no objection to a nuclear power plant being built near their home, the PAP news agency reports.

More than 90 percent of respondents believe that a nuclear power plant would strengthen Poland’s energy security. Nearly 90 percent of those surveyed believe that nuclear energy helps combat climate change. The survey for the ministry was conducted by ASM around the turn of November and December, with 2,000 respondents taking part.

“Since 2023, support (for building a nuclear power plant) has remained above 90 percent, while the number of opponents has fallen,” said Wojciech Wrochna, the government’s commissioner for strategic energy infrastructure, when presenting the survey results.

He added that public support for building a nuclear power plant is just as important as securing the necessary financing or signing agreements to implement the project.

Poland plans to build its first nuclear power plant in the municipality of Lubiatowo-Kopalino in the north of the country, on the Baltic coast. The plant, with three nuclear units, each with a capacity of 1,250 megawatts, is to be built by state-owned company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) in cooperation with US company Westinghouse. Construction of the plant is due to begin in 2028, with the first reactor expected to be completed in 2036.

Czechia currently operates a total of six nuclear reactors, four at Dukovany and two at Temelín. Two more units are planned at Dukovany, with the first expected to be completed in 2036.