Nuclear energy in Brazil

Nuclear energy accounts for about 3% of the Brazil's electricity.^[1] It is produced by two pressurized water reactor reactors at Angra, which is the country's sole nuclear power plant. Development of the third reactor began in 1984 but was halted in 1986. Restarting of construction was approved by the National Council for Energy Policy in June 2007. On 31 May 2010, the National Nuclear Energy Commission granted a licence for construction of the third reactor. Construction of the reactor with capacity of 1,270 MWe begun on 1 June 2010 and it should be operational by 2015.^[2] Uranium exploration, production and export in Brazil is under the state control through Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil although the government has announced it is ready to involve the private sector in the nuclear fuel industry.^[3]

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