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Angra Nuclear Power Plant is Brazil's only nuclear power plant. It is located at the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto ( CNAAA ) on the Itaorna Beach in Angra dos Reis , Rio de Janeiro . It consists of two pressurized water reactors ( PWR ), Angra I , with a net output of 609 MWe , [ 1 ] first connected to the power grid in 1985 [ 2 ...
In 2001 more than two decades after the beginning its construction, the nuclear power plant of Angra 2 started its commercial operations. [74] Nuclear power plant of Angra 1 and Angra 2. Under President Lula da Silva (2003–2011), the nuclear program was revived. INB's Nuclear Fuel Factory (Fábrica de Combustível Nuclear – FCN), a ...
Almirante Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Plant (Angra I, II) Itaorna Beach 23°00′28″S 44°27′32″W / 23.00778°S 44.45889°W / -23.00778; -44.45889 ( Angra Nuclear Power
Brazil's government is divided over whether to complete its third nuclear power plant after 40 years of off-and-on construction, as the country's economic team pushes for the project to be ...
The radiation source in the Goiânia accident was a small capsule containing about 93 grams (3.3 oz) of highly radioactive caesium chloride (a caesium salt made with a radioisotope, caesium-137) encased in a shielding canister made of lead and steel.
Even a small enrichment plant like Resende could produce several nuclear weapons per year, but only if Brazil was willing to do so openly. [ 9 ] [ 20 ] [ 24 ] The Brazilian Navy is currently developing a nuclear submarine fleet, and in 2007 authorised the construction of a prototype submarine propulsion reactor . [ 25 ]
Aracruz school shootings: 2022 November 25 Aracruz, Espírito Santo: 4 a 16-year-old neo-nazi former student opened fire at two schools in Brazil, killing four and injuring 12 [179] Familicide in the Federal District: 2023 January Federal District: 10 Murder of 10 people from the same family between the end of December 2022 and mid-January 2023 ...
Parents of children who died in mass shootings in Uvalde and Parkland said releasing the graphic images of the shooting scenes was triggering