Despite not being allowed in the constitution, the executive wants to allow the entry of foreigners from the private sector in the Nuclear area
Last Thursday (11/04), Bento Albuquerque, Minister of Mines and Energy, declared that the government intends to release uranium mining in Brazil in partnership with the private sector, with a view to accelerating the Brazilian Nuclear Program.
Currently, the federal constitution prohibits the involvement of private companies because it considers the country's strategic activity and with the monopoly having to be from the Union.
The government's intention is to articulate infralegal changes, without the need to create a PEC (Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment) that has to pass through Congressional approval.
The measure aims to avoid wear and tear with negotiations with the national congress, since the government has suffered recent defeats in an attempt to approve its projects and new agreements have proved to be very difficult with unsuccessful talks.
Work group
In order to try to approve its measure, the government set up a Working Group, coordinated by the Institutional Security Office (GSI), which is studying the issue with a view to possible changes in the constitution so that private capital participation in the Nuclear area is possible and the expectation is that the first results are already presented in June.
The opening to private capital under Brazilian uranium aims to raise foreign and even national investors for the resumption of Angra 3 works.
The government never hid that it would change the construction model of the plant so that the works can be restarted as soon as possible, the new notice should be released by June and the expectation is that the works restart by the end of the year or at the beginning of next year.
