Brazil will choose by the end of this year its partner to help finance the construction of the Angra-3 nuclear power plant, Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said, adding that Chinese banks and the Brics Development Bank are possible alternatives.
Speaking in an online interview with magazine Interesse Nacional, Mr Albuquerque also said the government will soon announce an executive decree to minimise the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the energy sector.
In June it was reported that Brazil had approved a business model to complete Angra-3 with or without a partner joining Eletronuclear, the Eletrobras subsidiary that operates the country’s nuclear reactors.
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