South Korea has formally offered to help build nuclear power plants in Poland.
South Korean president Lee Myung-bak and Polish president Lech Kaczynski met in Warsaw on 8 July 2009 and agreed to start “practical cooperation” in sectors that include liquefied natural gas, nuclear power plants and renewable energy, the South Korean government said.
Mr Lee asked that his country be involved in the possible construction of up to two nuclear plants in Poland by 2020 and Mr Kaczynski said he would consider the offer.
In January 2009, the Polish government said national utility Polska Grupa Energetyczna would oversee construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant as part of a wider push for energy diversification.
The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, held talks in Poland earlier this year to discuss a range of nuclear issues with authorities.
