Ibama hands over the renewal of the environmental license for the Angra 3 nuclear power plant and Eletronuclear will carry out the works services

The company Eletronuclear will provide its services for the work on the Angra 3 nuclear power plant after renewing the environmental license required for the project and handed over by Ibama over the past week.

The Brazilian nuclear energy market is very optimistic about its future, after the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) granted the renewal of the environmental license for the works of the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. January. The company Eletronuclear will be responsible for part of the artworks of the plant and will contribute to a promising future for the production of this resource in the country.

Renewal of the environmental license for the construction of the Angra 3 nuclear power plant guarantees another 6 years for the development of the nuclear energy project in Brazil 

Brazil is now witnessing a new chapter in the future of the nuclear energy sector, one of the most promising in the national territory, since Ibama granted the renewal of the environmental license for the continuity of the installation project of the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, which will be on Praia de Itaorna, in the municipality of Angra dos Reis, in Rio de Janeiro.

The document is valid for 6 years and will allow companies working on the works, such as Eletronuclear, to accelerate the implementation of the structure. 

If the predictions of the Federal Government and Ibama are correct, this will be the last environmental license delivered during the work plan for the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, since it is expected to be completed during the year 2028.

When fully operational after completion of the work plan in the coming years, the nuclear energy production plant will have a capacity of 1.405 megawatts and will be able to generate more than 12 million megawatt hours per year.

For comparison purposes, this number may be responsible for the complete supply of the cities of Belo Horizonte and Brasília during a total period of 12 months without interruption.

In addition, Angra 3 will be another important structure for the expansion of the share of nuclear energy in the energy matrix of the state of Rio de Janeiro, boosting the percentage to 60% of its total operation.

Ibama then seeks to contribute to the benefits of the nuclear power plant by delivering the new environmental license for the project. 

Company will be part of the works plan for the implementation of the Angra 3 nuclear power plant after renewing the environmental license from IBAMA 

During the month of February of this year, the nuclear industry company Eletronuclear signed the service provision contract that allows the resumption of work on the Angra 3 Nuclear Power Plant, within the scope of the Critical Path Acceleration Plan.

The partnership was also signed with the Ferreira Guedes, Matricial and ADtranz consortium, which will also participate in the installation plan for the new nuclear energy production structure in the state of Rio de Janeiro. 

Among the main measures included in the Plan is the conclusion of the concrete superstructure of the Angra 3 reactor building. Finally, in addition to Eletronuclear and the consortium of the other three companies, the Federal Government will seek a new one to complete the civil works nuclear power plant project. 

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Eletronuclear is a company created in 1997 with the purpose of operating and building thermonuclear power plants in Brazil. Subsidiary of Eletrobras, it is a mixed economy company and accounts for the generation of approximately 3% of the electricity consumed in Brazil and now works at the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, the third of the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Plant — CNAAA.