Brazil: Nuke plants goes offline
RIO DE JANEIRO (The Associated Press) - Jul 3
Brazilian officials say they've taken a nuclear plant offline
> because of a problem with its water-cooling system.
>
> A Friday statement from Brazil's state-run nuclear energy company
> offered no other details. But it says the Angra 1 plant is expected to
> be functional later in the day.
>
> Brazil's two nuclear plants have an installed capacity of about
> 2,000 megawatts.
>
> In May, the Angra 2 plant leaked radioactive material because of
> a failure in decontamination equipment. But the Eletronuclear company
> said no one was hurt.
>
> Eletronuclear said in March it received approval to build
> Brazil's third nuclear plant.
>
> It should have a capacity of 1,400 megawatts and be working by
> 2014.
>
>
Brazilian officials say they've taken a nuclear plant offline
> because of a problem with its water-cooling system.
>
> A Friday statement from Brazil's state-run nuclear energy company
> offered no other details. But it says the Angra 1 plant is expected to
> be functional later in the day.
>
> Brazil's two nuclear plants have an installed capacity of about
> 2,000 megawatts.
>
> In May, the Angra 2 plant leaked radioactive material because of
> a failure in decontamination equipment. But the Eletronuclear company
> said no one was hurt.
>
> Eletronuclear said in March it received approval to build
> Brazil's third nuclear plant.
>
> It should have a capacity of 1,400 megawatts and be working by
> 2014.
>
>