Brazil - World Nuclear Outlook Report
Projection of future nuclear capacity in Brazil in 2050
|
60-year operation (MWe) |
80-year operation (MWe) |
Under construction (MWe) |
Planned (MWe) |
Proposed (MWe) |
Potential (MWe) |
Government target (MWe) |
Total for 2050 (MWe) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1350 |
640 |
1,405 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8000 |
11,395 |
Long-term operation
Electronuclear applied in 2019 to extend the operating lifetime of Angra 1 from 40 to 60 years. The unit commenced operation in 1982.43
New capacity
Large-scale reactors
Brazil’s National Energy Plan to 2050, published in 2020, included an aim to add 8-10 GWe of nuclear capacity by 2050. The plan concluded that large PWR reactors would be used for new plant projects that are instigated in the 2020s. After 2030, new projects may be based on large PWRs, SMRs and/or fourth generation reactor technologies, “if the latter reach technological maturity and competitiveness.”44
Small-scale reactors
In May 2025 Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy said that he expected the development of a small modular reactor project with Russia in the near future.45
In June 2025 Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil signed a contract with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Financing Agency for Studies and Projects for the development and testing of critical technologies applicable to a planned microreactor. The National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of the development of a Brazilian 3-5 MWe microreactor that would fit within a 40-foot container and be operated remotely for more than 10 years without refuelling.46