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New nuclear plant gets go-ahead from the courts
The top court in Rio de Janeiro state lifted an embargo on works of the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, the construction of which has dragged on since 1984 but remains far from completion.
State of play. In April 2023, authorities in the municipality of Angra dos Reis halted construction due to delays in payments for land concession and changes to the original project that affected the urban planning agreement between city hall and Eletronuclear, a state-controlled firm that runs Brazil’s nuclear power plants.
Overdue. Since the military dictatorship launched the Angra 3 project, it has suffered from many delays, caused by factors ranging from the Chernobyl disaster, a massive currency crisis in the late 1980s, corruption investigations involved in Operation Car Wash, to recent recessions.
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