Ricardo Fraga Gutterres

Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear – CNEN

BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR SECTOR Technical Meeting on Country Nuclear Power Profiles

10-13 May 2016 – IAEA Vienna

Brazil

Population + 205 million of inhabitants / 5th

Area + 8,5 million of km2 / 5th

GDP + 1.5 – 3 $ trillion / 7th – 9th

Source : ONS

Wind

0,38%

Hydro

91,19%

Gas

2,38%

Coal

1,15%

Oil

0,96%Biomass

0,77%

Nuclear

3,17%

Power Generation in Brazil

Total Installed capacity:113 GWe

PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT

MINISTRY OF MINES AND

ENERGY

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Centrais Elétricas do

Brasil

(ELETROBRAS)

Comissão Nacional de

Energia Nuclear

(CNEN)

Instituto Brasileiro do

Meio Ambiente

(IBAMA)

Eletrobrás Termonuclear S.A.

(ELETRONUCLEAR)

Centrais Nucleares ANGRA 1,2,3

Indústrias Nucleares do

Brasil (INB)

Nuclebrás Equipamentos Pesados S.A.

(NUCLEP)

Centro Tecnológico da

Marinha em São

Paulo (CTMSP)

OTHERS MINISTRIES

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

UNIVERSITIES

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE,

TECHNOLOGY AND

INNOVATION

Nuclear Sector in Brazil

Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program

Main Nuclear Facilities in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro • Nuclear Power Plant

Angra 1,2 and 3 - Angra dos Reis

• Fuel Element Production- Resende

• Argonauta Research Reactor (IEN) - Rio

São Paulo • Reator IEA-R1 (IPEN) – São

Paulo

• Research Reactor MB-01 (PEN) São Paulo

• Aramar (CTMSP) - Iperó

Pernambuco • Centro Regional de

Ciências Nucleares Recife (CRCN-NE)

• Itataia – Uranium mine

Bahia

• Reator Triga (CDTN)-BH

• Old Mine Poços de Caldas (CIPC)

Minas Gerais

Ceará

• Mine & Milling of Uranium - Caetité

Goiás

• Abadia de Goiás Waste repository

Cs137 accident 1987

General:

• + 3000 Operational facilities with radiation sources (excepted x-ray for

medical purpose).

Radiation Facilities

Medical facilities:

• + 320 radiotherapy facilities

• + 20 blood irradiators

• + 500 nuclear medicine facilities ( +100 PET/CT - PET/scan)

• 12 cyclotrons for radiopharmaceutical production

• 5 cyclotrons under license

Industry:

• 5 Co-60 industrial irradiators

• 4 accelerators (e-bean)

• +300 sources for oil exploration in 18 facilities

• +300 Industrial gammagrafy sources (Ir/Se/Co) in 25 companies

R&D and personnel:

• +500 labs in 346 units

• 4 Research Reactors

• +1700 certified radiation protection supervisors

• 400 candidates per year submitted to the certification exam for radiation

protection supervisors

Milestones 1951: State monopoly law on nuclear energy

1951: Creation of the National Research Council (CNPq)

1954/55: Creation of the Atomic Energy Commission within CNPq

1956: Creation of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN)

1958: 1rst criticality of the IEA-R1 RR (B&W 5MW pool type reactor) which is also the first RR in operation in LA

1975: Signature of the Brazil-Germany nuclear agreement

1984: The first Brazilian NPP Angra I receive Operational License

1988: Start-up of the enrichment facility at Aramar

1997: Start-up of the commercial production of the Caetité uranium mining and milling facility

2000: Start-up of Angra 2 NPP

2008: Manufacturing by NUCLEP of the Angra 1 new steam generators

2008: Launching of the Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor-RMB project

2010: Return the construction of Angra 3

The Brazilian Nuclear Program

Brazilian Nuclear Program

Main Areas:

• Regulatory Actions

• Nuclear Power Generation

• Nuclear Fuel Cycle

• Radioactive Waste Management

• Radioisotope and Radiopharmaceutical Production

•Nuclear Propulsion - Research, Development and

Innovation

• To Create the National Nuclear Safety Agency

(independent from CNEN).

- Project under government analysis

• To Revise and harmonize the standards, considering

the several regulatory agencies like IBAMA

(environment) and ANVISA (health)

- Under development

Regulatory Actions and Infrastructure

• To finish Angra III NPP (1.350 MW) (+2018)

- Under construction

• Planning new 1.000MW NPP until 2030

(still to be decided by the government)

• To enhance NUCLEP infrastructure for

Nuclear heavy components production.

- Under development

Nuclear Power Generation

Nuclear Fuel Cycle

• Prospection of new uranium mines; - Under development • To increase the enrichment facilities capabilities in order to reach self sustainable supply condition for Angra I, II and III - Under development • To conclude the UF6 Conversion Pilot Plant - Under development

• Low and Medium Level Waste Repository (storage of

waste generated by the NPPs and medical and

industrial applications.

Radioactive Waste Management

- Under conceptual design and site selection stage

• Brazilian Multipurpose Research

Reactor – RMB

radioisotope production (Mo 99)

irradiation tests of nuclear fuel and

materials,

Scientific and Technological

researches with neutron beams,

and education and training.

- Under preliminary engineering design

stage (in cooperation with Argentina)

Radioisotope Production

RMB Schedule

• Navy nuclear propulsion reactor (LABGENE)

- Under development

Research, Development and Innovation

• Increase the degree of nationalization and

to improve the national capacity for research,

development and innovation in nuclear

propulsion

- Under development

Nuclear Propulsion

Thank you !

rgutterr@cnen.gov.br