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Lots of job openings to come! To complete the work on the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, it will be necessary to hire many professionals in the areas of civil construction, electromechanical assembly, commissioning and operating systems.
Approved on June 10 and published yesterday (23/07) in the official gazette of the Union, the endorsement granted by the Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes authorizing the resumption of construction work on the Angra 3 Thermonuclear Power Plant, paralyzed since 2015. Eletronuclear works to ensure that the plant starts operating in 2026
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Lots of job openings to come! To complete the work on the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, it will be necessary to hire many professionals in the area of civil construction (already completed at least 67,1%), electromechanical assembly, commissioning of equipment and systems and operational tests
On June 18, the Popular Socialist Party (PPS) and the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) questioned resolutions by the National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE), which authorized the resumption of work on the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, authorized by the Supreme Court. (STF) without direct approval from the National Congress.
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Last Friday (17), Eletrobras approved an advance of 2,5 billion reais to Eletronuclear to resume work on the Angra 3 nuclear power plant
In the report, Eletrobras said the company's board of directors approved the granting of an advance for future capital increase (Afac) of the subsidiary Eletronuclear, in an operation that aims to accelerate measures for the resumption of works on the Angra 3 nuclear power plant.
According to the statement presented to the market last Friday, the operation of the electric company with its nuclear generation subsidiary will involve 1,052 billion reais in 2020 and 2,447 billion reais in 2021.
Nuclear power plant: Angra 1, Angra 2 and Angra 3
The first Brazilian nuclear power plant – Angra 1 came into operation in 1985, while Angra 2 began operating commercially in 2001.
The Angra 3 nuclear power plant will become the third plant of the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto (CNAAA). The expectation is that in commercial operation, the new unit will have a power of 1.405 megawatts, that is, enough energy to supply the cities of Brasília and Belo Horizonte during the same period.
Government endorsement for the resumption of work on the Angra 3 nuclear power plant
The resolution signed by Guedes suggests that the plant's construction plan continue with the coordination of a new Interministerial Committee made up of the Ministry of Economy, the Institutional Security Office (GSI) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy. The act establishes a period of 180 days – extendable for an equal period from August 7, 2020 – for carrying out new committee work.
In addition, the minister recommends that President Jair Bolsonaro pass the competence of the CPPI project to the CNPE.
The Angra 3 Thermonuclear Power Plant is an Eletrobras asset and, according to Guedes' act, the implementation of the model for enabling the continuity of the work will depend on the “approval of its competent decision-making bodies”.
