The public notice for construction work on the Angra 3 power plant should be published in March, with the resumption of civil construction in October of this year
After 5 years at a standstill, the Angra 3 construction site is already expected to resume work in 2021. In March, Eletronuclear intends to publish the public notice for contracting the civil works of the Plant's Critical Path Acceleration Plan.
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After that, in mid-May, the company already intends to sign a contract with the bid that wins the process. As soon as these two phases are settled, Angra 3 will resume work on the nuclear plant in the first weeks of October this year. With the resumption of these works, the objective from then on is to guarantee the plant's entry into operation by mid-November 2026.
Eletronuclear's planning and public notice for the work from the angra 3 power plant
The so-called Critical Path Acceleration Plan aims to carry out some construction activities at the plant, even though Eletronuclear has not yet hired the company that will work on the global work.
A Electronuclear relied on Eletrobrás to release funds at the end of January. In 2020, the electrical holding company released around BRL 1,052 billion to Eletronuclear. The forecast is that for 2021 an additional R$ 2,447 billion will be released.
Work stages in Angra 3
The conclusion of the concrete superstructure of the plant's reactor is one of the main works foreseen in the work of the acceleration plan of the Angra 3 Power Plant. Another important step is the closing of a containment steel sphere present in the works field and the installation of the used fuel tank. All these activities will be carried out in the initial phase of construction.
