Projects / prj-htgr-pola-ncbj
HTGR-POLA research reactor (NCBJ)
Research and demonstration reactor of 30 MW thermal designed by Poland's NCBJ; technical design completed in 2024 and a technical dialogue with the regulator concluded in 2025. NEA's 2026 dashboard says NCBJ plans to build it at its Świerk site in Otwock. No licence application is established.
- Stage
- Announced
- Design
- HTGR-POLA (SMR)
- Technology
- Other · unknown
- Operator(s)
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- Vendor(s)
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- Location
- NCBJ Świerk site, Otwock · Poland · precision: approximate
OpenStreetMap Nominatim point for 'Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych, Andrzeja Sołtana, Świerk, Otwock' (office/research feature); NCBJ campus point, not a reactor plot. - Coordinates
- 52.12357, 21.340348
- Electrical capacity
- — · scope: plant
- Thermal capacity
- 30 MWth (nameplate_unspecified)
- Modules planned
- 1
- Inclusion basis
- smr_by_vendor_claim_with_capacity_check
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-02 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- No dated milestones recorded yet.
Regulatory actions
- None recorded in this release.
Sources
- NCBJ: HTGR-POLA research reactor designed (company_primary, accessed 2026-10-02)
- NCBJ concluded technical dialogue with PAA on HTGR-POLA (company_primary, accessed 2026-10-02)
- NEA SMR Digital Dashboard edition 4.0 (per-design siting entries) (iaea_or_nea, accessed 2026-10-02)