Brazil's Eletronuclear Planning Four New 1,000 MW Units
Written by NucNet
Friday, 19 September 2008
19 Sept (NucNet): Brazil's nuclear energy company Eletronuclear has
submitted a national energy plan to the government that includes
proposals to build four 1,000-megawatt nuclear units and to complete
Angra-3.
An Eletronuclear spokesman told NucNet that the plan, which was submitted to president Luiz Inacio da Silva last week, covers the period until 2030. It includes "firm plans" for 4,000 MW of new nuclear. He said 6,000 MW is a possibility, but 4,000 MW more likely.
Angra-1 and Angra-2 are Brazil's only commercially operational reactor units, providing about 1.4 percent of the country's electricity.
The Brazilian government said last year that it had tentatively budgeted about 1.3 billion euro (1.8 billion US dollars) for the completion of Angra-3, a 1,224-megawatt pressurised water reactor, where work was put on hold in the 1980s because of a lack of funds.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, about 70 percent of the design work for Angra-3 has been completed and 70 percent of the imported major equipment already manufactured and stored on site.
Related reports in the NucNet database (available to subscribers)
Brazil Proposes New Nuclear Build Programme (World Nuclear Review No. 28, 13 July 2007)
Brazil's Angra Service Contracts Awarded To Areva (News in Brief No. 71, 17 June 2008)
