Editing Angra Nuclear Power Plant (section)

{{Short description|Nuclear power plant in Brazil}}
{{Infobox power station
| name                   = Angra Nuclear Power Plant
| image                  = Around Paraty, Brazil 2018 239.jpg
| image_caption          = Angra Nuclear Power Plant
| country                = Brazil
| coordinates            = {{coord|23|00|30|S|44|27|26|W|region:BR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| operator               = [[Eletronuclear|Eletrobrás Termonuclear S.A. - Eletronuclear]]
| construction_began     = 1971
| commissioned           = 1 January 1985
| decommissioned         = 
| ps_cooling_source      = [[Atlantic Ocean|South Atlantic Ocean]]
| ps_cooling_towers      = 
| ps_units_operational   = 1 × {{nowrap|640 MW}} (gross)<br/>1 × {{nowrap|1350 MW}} (gross)
| ps_units_uc            = 1 × {{nowrap|1405 MW}} (gross)
| ps_thermal_capacity    = 1 × {{nowrap|1882 MW<sub>th</sub>}}<br>1 × {{nowrap|3764 MW<sub>th</sub>}}
| ps_electrical_capacity = 1884
| ps_electrical_cap_fac  = 88.4% (2014-2018)
| ps_annual_generation   = 14,593
| website                = [http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br eletronuclear.gov.br]
}}
'''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 (state)|Rio de Janeiro]]. It consists of two [[pressurized water reactor]]s ('''PWR'''), '''Angra I''', with a net output of 609 [[MWe#Electrical and thermal watts|MWe]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br/AEmpresa/CentralNuclear/Informa%C3%A7%C3%B5esAngra1.aspx |title=Eletronuclear - Informações Angra 1 |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507032609/http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br/AEmpresa/CentralNuclear/Informa%C3%A7%C3%B5esAngra1.aspx |archive-date=2014-05-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> first connected to the power grid in 1985<ref name=IAEAreport>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/33/029/33029574.pdf|publisher=IAEA|title=Second National Report of Brazil, Nuclear Installations|accessdate=2015-04-24}}</ref> and '''Angra II''', with a net output of 1,275 MWe,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br/AEmpresa/CentralNuclear/Informa%C3%A7%C3%B5esAngra2.aspx |title=Informações Angra 2 |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916193058/http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br/AEmpresa/CentralNuclear/Informa%C3%A7%C3%B5esAngra2.aspx |archive-date=2014-09-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> connected in 2000.

Work on a third reactor, '''Angra III''', with a projected output of 1,245 MWe,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br/AEmpresa/CentralNuclear/Angra3.aspx |title=Eletronuclear - Angra 3 |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307204349/http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br/AEmpresa/CentralNuclear/Angra3.aspx |archive-date=2014-03-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> began in 1984 but was halted in 1986. Work started again on 1 June 2010 for entry into service in 2015 and later delayed into the 2020s.<ref name="IAEA">[http://www.iaea.org/programmes/a2/ Power Reactor Information System] of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency|IAEA]]: [http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.powrea.htm?country=BR&sort=&sortlong=Alphabetic "Brazil, Federative Republic of : Nuclear Power Reactors"]</ref><ref name="Eletronuclear">{{Cite web |url=http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br/Not%C3%ADcias/NoticiaDetalhes.aspx?NoticiaID=1446 |title="Eletronuclear - Obras civis de Angra 3 voltarão ao ritmo normal" |access-date=2014-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916193245/http://www.eletronuclear.gov.br/Not%C3%ADcias/NoticiaDetalhes.aspx?NoticiaID=1446 |archive-date=2014-09-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Construction resumed in November 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2022-11/reinicio-da-concretagem-marca-retomada-de-obras-de-angra-3|title=Reinício da concretagem marca retomada de obras de Angra 3|website=Agência Brasil|language=pt-br|first=Léo|last=Rodrigues|date=12 November 2022|accessdate=18 April 2024}}</ref>