Brazil / Tractebel-Led Consortium Hired To Help Prepare Completion Of Angra-3

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Tractebel-Led Consortium Hired To Help Prepare Completion Of Angra-3
The Angra-3 new build project in the state of Riod de Janeiro dates bakes to the mid 1980s. Image courtesy Eletrobras Eletronuclear.
Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has signed a contract with the Angra Eurobras NES consortium, led by Belgium’s Tractebel, to prepare the project for the completion of the Angra-3 nuclear power plant in Rio de Janeiro state.

BNDES said in a statement that contracting the consortium, consisting of Tractebel Engineering Ltd., Tractebel Engineering SA and Grouped Entrepreneurs International SA, is part of services that BNDES has been providing since 2019 to Eletrobras Eletronuclear, owner of Angra-3.

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