nuclear-news

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angra_Nuclear_Power_Plant

If only arrests of those involved in nuclear bribery-kickback schemes would be made in some other countries… One can but hope.

“UPDATE 1-Brazil police arrest 19 in Eletrobras nuke-plant bribe probe
Posted:Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:46:45 -0400
* Eletrobras nuclear unit CEO forced to give up post (Adds Pinheiro arrest, size of bribery allegations, Brazil nuclear detail, changes dateline)”
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/utilitiesNews/~3/CTxQOV4eCe0/brazil-corruption-idUSL1N19S1AL

Engineering firms Andrade Gutierrez, Engevix, and others, were named in the investigation last year. Will French State owned Areva be implicated? According to Reuters (6 July 2016), late last year Andrade Guitierrez, Odebrecht, Queiroz Galvao and others pulled out of the project. Those arrested on Tuesday included the former Eletronuclear CEO Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/utilitiesNews/~3/CTxQOV4eCe0/brazil-corruption-idUSL1N19S1AL

Long before his arrest, Greenpeace noted that “The Brazilian nuclear programme does not appear to make any economic sense or to be driven by energy needs, but instead seems…