Nuclear activities in Brazil
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Nuclear energy accounts for about 3% of Brazil's electricity.[1] It is produced by two pressurized water reactors at Angra, which is the country's sole nuclear power plant. Construction of a third reactor begun on 1 June 2010,[2] but it is currently stalled.[3] The sole Brazilian company in charge of nuclear energy production is Eletronuclear.[4]
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Uranium exploration, production and export in Brazil is under state control through Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil although the government has announced it is ready to involve the private sector in the nuclear fuel industry.[5]