Study By Eletronuclear Would Have Indicated Itacuruba As A Potential Location For The Construction Of New Nuclear Power Plants, But The Government Of The State Of Pernambuco Claims To Be Unaware Of The Matter
During an event held last week in Rio de Janeiro, the Secretary of Energy Planning and Development of the MME, Reive Barros, stated that the PNE 2050 (National Energy Plan) should indeed indicate the construction of new nuclear power plants in Brazil.
The government of the State of Pernambuco was not pleased with the matter, even stating that the State Constitution, through Article 216, prohibits the installation of nuclear plants throughout the state of Pernambuco.
Click Petroleum and Gas Had Already Published The New Government’s Intention To Build Eight Nuclear Power Plants, In Addition To Completing The Works Of Angra 3, which has been halted since 2015, and that a study of possible locations was being conducted.
The study conducted by Eletronuclear points to the possibility of constructing a nuclear power plant in Itacuruba, in Pernambuco, on the banks of the São Francisco River.
The PNE 2050
According to Eletronuclear, the potential of the city in the Pernambuco hinterland is to build up to 6.6 thousand Megawatts (MW) of nuclear power plants, requiring an investment of at least R$ 30 billion.
This fact was immediately responded to by the Department of Economic Development of the Pernambuco government, which states that, besides being unaware of the matter, it advocates for a more rigorous study of the PNE 2050 that is being prepared by the MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy) and the Energy Research Company (EPE).
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According to the Secretary, a more thorough evaluation by the responsible agencies will certainly find a way for the State to contribute to the energy development of the country”.
The National Energy Plan 2030 (PNE 2030) already anticipated the construction of four to eight nuclear power plants and as confirmed above is being validated by the PNE 2050, which will be published soon.
Currently, the nuclear power plants of Angra 1 and 2, which make up the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Plant (CNAAA) in Angra dos Reis, southern coast of Rio de Janeiro, are operational and account for 1.1% of the Brazilian energy matrix, and Angra 3 would raise this share to 1.2%.

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