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After a few weeks of shutdown due to operational failures, the Angra 2 nuclear power plant resumed production. Eletronuclear announced the return of resource generation and distribution to the National Interconnected Energy System.
One of the most important Brazilian nuclear energy generation plants, the Angra 2 plant, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, had its resumed operations and is generating the resource normally this Wednesday, (07/12). Eletronuclear had announced the indefinite stoppage of the plant during the month of November, due to engine failures. However, the problems have now been resolved and the plant has returned to generating resources for the National Interconnected System.
Problems in the Angra 2 engine have been resolved and the nuclear power plant has resumed generation operations for the National Interconnected System, announced Eletronuclear
The state of Rio de Janeiro is a national reference in the generation of nuclear energy, due to its production projects known as “Angra”.
One of the main production plants for the resource is Angra 2, located in the region of Angra dos Reis. It supplies energy directly to the National Interconnected System and contributes to the energy security of the area.
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However, on November 15, the company Eletronuclear announced the indefinite stoppage of operations, due to the triggering of the earth fault protection of the main generator rotor, in the non-nuclear part of the plant.
As a result, the plant spent a few weeks without generating nuclear energy and, consequently, without supplying the resource to the National Interconnected System.
Despite this, the energy company announced this week the resumption of operations, as all engine failures have been resolved.
Eletronuclear also announced that the equipment had to be dismantled by the company's professionals so that the cause of the problem could be found, but that everything was resolved.
“The episode did not represent any risk for Angra 2 workers, the population or the environment”, said the company.
Despite the announcements, the problems at the plant have been worrying the national energy scenario, since this was the second stoppage that occurred only during the month of November in Angra 2.
The company operating the nuclear power plant will now continue to produce the resource and supply the National Interconnected System.
Discover the Angra 2 nuclear power plant
The second Brazilian nuclear power plant began operating commercially in 2001. With a power of 1.350 megawatts, Angra 2 is able to meet the consumption of a city of 2 million inhabitants, such as Belo Horizonte.
The construction of Angra 2 allowed the transfer of technology to Brazil, which led the country to its own technological development, which resulted in mastery over virtually all stages of nuclear fuel manufacturing. In this way, Eletrobras Eletronuclear and the national nuclear industry today bring together qualified professionals who are in tune with the state of the art in the sector.
Learn more about Electronuclear
Eletronuclear was created in 1997 with the purpose of operating and building thermonuclear power plants in Brazil. Subsidiary of ENBPar, it is a mixed economy company and accounts for the generation of approximately 3% of the electricity consumed in Brazil.
Through the interconnected electrical system, this energy reaches the main consumer centers in the country and corresponds, for example, to more than 30% of the electricity consumed in the State of Rio de Janeiro, a proportion that will increase considerably when Angra 3, the third plant of the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto — CNAAA is completed.
