Polish and American leaders discussed the development of cooperation in nuclear energy, Polish President Andrzej Duda told reporters on Tuesday after a delegation led by him and Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with US President Joe Biden, Reuters reports.

Poland plans to invest in nuclear power to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and move away from coal. The previous government of the Law and Justice party (PiS) chose Westinghouse Electric Co as its technology supplier. Later, the company became a partner of the largest American engineering firm Bechtel.

Tusk’s cabinet confirmed that Poland needed nuclear power, but said it would conduct an audit of the project started by his predecessors.

“Tomorrow I will go to Georgia, where I will visit the most modern American nuclear power plant,” Duda said. “A very similar one will be built … here. We also talked about that today… about developing that cooperation when it comes to conventional nuclear energy and climate protection.”

Warsaw had planned to build its first nuclear power plant on the Baltic Sea coast by 2033, but is now testing whether the project can be completed on time amid delays it suffered under the previous government.

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