Brazil to conclude nuclear energy study this year
A feasibility study to determine sites for new nuclear power plants in Brazil will be completed this year, according to energy minister Eduardo Braga.
The government has identified 21 possible locations for nuclear plants in each of Brazil's five regions.
"We hope that in the second half of the year we will have a preliminary study that we can discuss with the president [Dilma Rousseff]," Braga told reporters during an event in Rio de Janeiro.
According to Braga, the study will consider accessibility to transmission infrastructure and the sites' proximity to consumers.
According to federal energy planning company EPE, four atomic power stations are expected to be built by 2030, at a combined cost of US$20bn.
The 657MW Angra 1 and 1.35GW Angra 2 plants (pictured) are currently Brazil's only nuclear power stations.
Operated by Eletronuclear, a subsidiary of state-run group Eletrobras, they supply about a third of the electricity used in Rio de Janeiro state and account for 3.17% of the country's consumption.
The 1.35GW Angra 3 plant is currently under construction and is expected to begin operating by 2018.
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