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• Brazil signs conversion contract with Areva

  Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed a five-year conversion services contract with Areva of France. The contract will help INB supply fuel to Brazil's sole nuclear power plant at Angra. Posted Feb 03 2010, 10:52 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Brazil, contract, nuclear, power, energy

• Nuclear shutdown in Brazil blackout

  The two nuclear reactors at Brazil's Angra plant shut down automatically when the country's grid failed late on 10 November. Operator Eletronuclear reported that emergency diesel generators kept plant systems running during the loss of external power and the reactors themselves were put in a state where natural circulation of cooling water maintained nuclear safety. Logged at 10.15 pm as an 'unusual event', the shutdown progressed to an 'alert' after an hour without external power. Some power was restored around 12.30 am and the alert status ended at 12.36 am and 12.55 am at Angra 1 and 2 respectively. The reactors were able to restart once the grid was restored and they were reconnected at 5.50 pm and 6.57 pm. The blackout started after bad weather caused three transmission lines to collapse, leading to the disconnection of the 14 GWe Itaipu hydroelectric dam. Some 60 million people in 800 towns including Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo - as well as the whole of neighbouring Paraguay - were plunged into darkness. Posted Nov 12 2009, 08:01 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Brazil, Angra, Eletronuclear, nuclear, grid, failure, blackout

• Brazil: Four more nuclear plants by 2030?

  The Brazilian government is indeed planning to build four new nuclear power plants by 2030, a ministerial spokesman has told a governmental climate change committee. Posted Jun 11 2009, 10:19 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Brazil, Politics, new nuclea plants

• Approvals coming for Angra 3

  An environmental license has been given for work towards completing Angra 3, a power reactor Brazil put on hold some some 23 years ago. Posted Mar 06 2009, 08:17 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Brazil, Angra 3

• Angra 1 steam generator replacement starts

  The Angra 1 nuclear power reactor in Brazil will tomorrow begin a maintenance outage lasting some four months, during which time the unit will be refuelled and its steam generators replaced. Posted Jan 23 2009, 12:09 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Brazil, Angra, steam generator replacement

• Brazil and France agree cooperation

  Nuclear energy was an element of discussions between the Presidents of France and Brazil when they met earlier this month. The two countries signed an agreement whereby France would cooperate as Brazil develops nuclear propulsion systems for military submarines. In addition, France's Areva signed memorandums with Eletronuclear on a "commitment to working together to extend Brazil's nuclear fleet." Brazil plans to build eight new reactors by 2030 as well as complete the construction of the long-stalled Angra 3. Posted Dec 29 2008, 09:38 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Brazil, France

• Brazil authorises works site at Angra 3

  Authorisation for the installation of a work site has been granted for Angra 3 by Sebastião Pires, director of licensing at Brazil's Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama). The 24 September authorisation allowed Eletronuclear to go ahead with its 'plan for the recuperation of degraded areas'. The plan includes the maintenance and preservation of the area in which the works will be, including draining the terrain, water treatment and connection to the grid. The authorisation does not however represent the beginning of works on the plant, which are subject to a further environmental installation licence. According to the technical documentation issued by Ibama, the licence for the installation of the works site does not authorise those advances which effectively characterise plant works, such excavation and the pouring of concrete for foundations. An Ibama inspector confirmed that the licence for installation depends on the detailed project documentation meeting the conditions imposed by the pre-licensing agreement, signed in July. Posted Sep 29 2008, 12:01 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Brazil, Angra 3

• High hopes in Brazil

  Brazil's nuclear energy company has submitted a six-reactor plan to government, while ministers talk of building more than one per year until 2050. Posted Sep 16 2008, 11:56 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Brazil

• Angra 3 dealt a blow by minister

  The completion of Brazil's Angra 3 reactor looks more doubtful after the country's environment minister set 60 tough conditions for the project. Eletronuclear must beautify nearby cities and pay for the maintenance of a 100,000 hectare national park. Posted Jul 24 2008, 11:28 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Brazil, Angra

• Galvani to work on Brazil's largest uranium reserve

  Industriás Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has selected Galvani, a regional phosphates company, as the sole partner in the exploitation of the Santa Quitéria reserve ahead of international miners Bunge and Vale. Posted Jun 24 2008, 01:29 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Brazil

• Areva wins €45 million contract with Eletronuclear

  Areva has been awarded six contracts to provide key services to Eletronuclear, the Brazilian operator of the Angra nuclear power plant. Worth €45 million ($69 million), the contracts focus on Angra 2 and vary in duration from three to five years. The Angra site, near Angra dos Reis, Brazil, currently hosts two pressurized water reactors (PWRs), Angra 1 and 2, with plans for a third under discussion. Angra 2 connected to the grid in 2000. Areva, which already provides services for both Angra units, is contracted to carry out examination and maintenance operations as well as servicing in the field of electrical and control engineering. An extensive, non-destructive examination will be made of steam generators, control rods, and the integrity of the containment. The French company will also carry out comprehensive maintenance operations throughout the site, attending to the cooling pool floor, fuel assemblies, valves, drives pumps and motors. Steam generator cleaning will be carried out at a secondary site with Areva supplying a local support team. Posted Jun 17 2008, 12:14 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Brazil, Angra, Eletronuclear

• New Brazilian steam generators ready

  Eletronuclear, operator of Brazil’s only nuclear power plant, has officially received two new steam generators for Angra unit 1. The plant is currently undergoing preparatory work in readiness for the installation of the new steam generators, due to take place in September. Posted Mar 19 2008, 09:49 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Brazil, Steam Generators, RSG, Angra

• Argentina and Brazil team up for nuclear

  Nuclear energy and cooperation were at the heart of discussions between the two largest countries and greatest powers in South America. The result was an agreement to jointly develop nuclear power reactors, uranium enrichment as well as nuclear naval vessels. Posted Feb 25 2008, 12:38 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Brazil

• ElBaradei: "modest" Brazil could be more ambitious

  Brazil's nuclear energy programme could be more ambitious than it currently is, according to Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Posted Dec 07 2007, 08:55 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: IAEA, Brazil