Território em risco: discussão acerca dos impactos da implantação da Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto (CNAAA) em Angra dos Reis – RJ

Abstract

The Brazilian experience in the search for nuclear power generation only started in the 1970s, a time when the military occupied the government. The country was going through the “Brazilian Miracle” that put the Brazilian energy matrix in check as to its capacity to generate electric energy to supply the increasing levels of demand. The world was experiencing the Cold War, and several countries invested heavily in national security. In this scenario, the effective Brazilian Nuclear Program originated in 1972, through the Nuclear Power Plant Almirante Álvaro Alberto (CNAAA), Angra dos Reis / RJ, always marked by doubt whether it aimed at peaceful or warlike purposes, due to the discussion of the risks it brought to the territory around the CNAAA and regarding emergency plans to protect people and the environment in the face of possible nuclear disasters. Thermonuclear power generation must prepare responses to eventual emergency situations, because even though they are of low probability of occurrence, when they do occur, they have a catastrophic impact on the populations and regions around them. This article, through a literature review, analyzes the dynamics of GNP, its scientific and ideological character, its evolution over time, its risks and its emergency plans.