French nuclear multinational Areva said it has signed a contract with utility Electrobras Electronuclear (ETN) valued at $88.9 million for mechanical and electrical equipment designed for the unfinished Angra 3 reactor in Brazil.
The deal includes diesel engines, a variety of appliances and controls, and specialized equipment for storage of spent fuel.
Areva will also do installation and commissioning service work for these components.
Areva already has a $1.5 billion engineering and commissioning services and equipment supply contract for the Angra 3 reactor, which is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. That contract was announced in November 2013.
“This new contract demonstrates ETN’s confidence in AREVA and reflects the excellent relations that have been developed between our two companies for more than 40 years as part of the Angra 2 and Angra 3 projects,” said Philippe Samama, senior executive vice-president of AREVA’s Reactors & Services Business Group.
Located at the Angra site are two pressurized water reactors: Angra 1, with an output of 640 MWe, connected to the grid in 1985 and Angra 2, with an output of 1,350 MWe, connected to the grid in 2001. The project to construct Angra 3, a 1,405 MWe pressurized water reactor, was restarted by the Brazilian government in 2006 to meet the country’s growing energy need and balance the energy mix.