Disagreement over the use of nuclear energy in Brazil
Last week, Eletronuclear (a state-owned company responsible for nuclear power generation in the country) was fined by the Brazilian Institute
March 24, 2023Topic
Eletronuclear
Opinion: Brazil´s Angra 3 nuclear power plant – a web of bribes awakens from the dead
In 2019 the Brazilian government decided to resume work at Angra 3, a nuclear reactor where construction has been essentially...
February 16, 2021
Brazil Nuclear Plant Uranium Convoy Attacked Near Angra dos Reis
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Federal highway police officers protecting a convoy transporting uranium to...
March 20, 2019
Eletronuclear President Sentenced to 43 Years for Corruption in Brazil
The former president of Eletronuclear was sentenced to forty-three years in prison for bribery, money laundering, obstructing the Lava Jato...
August 4, 2016
Brazil’s Angra 3 Nuclear Reactor May be Delayed
Odebrecht, Camargo Correa, Andrade Gutierrez and Queiroz Galvão announced they were no longer going to participate in the construction of...
August 13, 2015
Brazil’s Lava Jato Turning to Energy Companies in 16th Phase
The sixteenth phase of the Lava Jato (Car wash) investigation has started this morning with a focus on electricity companies,...
July 28, 2015
Brazil Reacts to Japan Tragedy
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Japanese Consulate in Rio de Janeiro opened their phone...
March 15, 2011Brazil’s Nuclear Power Industry
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil is the world's tenth largest consumer of energy, and nuclear...
May 4, 2010