⚛️ The nuclear option

Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry is holding a public consultation on the future of the country’s energy mix. Companies, universities, specialized NGOs and any other interested parties have until the end of this month to submit their views on drafts of the annually updated 10-Year Energy Expansion Plan and the National Energy Plan 2055, updated every five years.

The national plan proposes a 40% increase in the share of nuclear power in Brazil’s energy mix, compared to previous targets. Currently, the country has only 2 gigawatts (GW) of total nuclear capacity — just 2% of the electricity matrix — and the government eyes hitting 14 GW by 2055. While this is still up for consultation domestically, Brazil is already moving forward with this change on the international level.

At the second Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris earlier this month, Brazil signed on to a 2023 declaration to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050, launched at COP28 as a decarbonization measure. The pact now has…

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