Located on the Atlantic coast, the Angra 3 plant was designed in 1984, but construction only began in 2010, being stopped in 2015. Currently, 66% of the plant is completed. THE CNN had access to the Angra 3 works
The third Brazilian nuclear plant will have a power of 1,405 megawatts, capable of producing around 12 million MWh per year, enough energy to supply the consumption of 4.5 million inhabitants.
In December this year, the resumption of works on the plant will be taken to the meeting of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE), where it will be decided whether construction of the project will continue.
According to the president of Eletronuclear, Raul Lycurgo, annual maintenance of the works is a high investment. “We are talking about something close to R$1 billion for the work to be stopped” .
The entire complex undergoes periodic inspections to prevent corrosion or damage to the already installed infrastructure. Accidents in the nuclear sector, such as the disasters in Fukushima, in Japan, in 2011, Chernobyl, in 1986, and Three Mile Island, in the United States, in the late 1970s, are still in the popular imagination and pop culture. However, the Angra complex never recorded any incidents.
Cove 1 and 2
Angra 1 began operating commercially in 1985 and is in the process of automating the control center and equipment, to operate for another 20 years. Angra 2 has been in operation since 2001.
Currently, the complex, made up of the two active nuclear reactors, Angra 1 and 2, represents 1% of the national electrical matrix .
All nuclear waste generated by the operation of the complex is stored on site, in accordance with safety procedures, under the responsibility of the National Nuclear Energy Commission (Cnen).
The construction of a repository to store this waste is planned for 2029, according to studies by the Nuclear and Environmental Technology Center (Centena). However, experts are still concerned about the lack of details about this operation.
This content was originally published in See images of the work of Angra 3; Nuclear maintenance costs R$1 billion per year on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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