INDÚSTRIAS NUCLEARES DO BRASIL - INB Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2016 LAS/ANS SYMPOSIUM JOSÉ CARLOS CASTRO - INB

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1 INDÚSTRIAS NUCLEARES DO BRASIL - INB Nuclear Fuel Cycle LAS/ANS SYMPOSIUM JOSÉ CARLOS CASTRO - INB

2 BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME STRUCTURE Presidente da República Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações Ministério das Minas e Energia Ministério da Defesa Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. Marinha do Brasil Nuclebras Equipamentos Pesados S.A. Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil S.A. Eletronuclear S.A. CTMSP

3 CONVERSÃO OF U 3 O 8 INTO UF 6 ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT URANIUM MINING AND U 3 O 8 CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE CONVERSION FROM UF 6 INTO UO 2 POWDER POWER GENERATION FUEL ELEMENT FABRICATION UO 2 FUEL PELLET FABRICATION

4 Santa Quiteria Project Uranium/Phospate Ceará State DISTRIBUTION OF INB S FACILITIES CAETITÉ Uranium Mine/Milling Caetité/ Bahia State UNIT 2 FUEL FABRICATION PLANT Resende /Rio de Janeiro State UNIT 1 UNIT 3

5 URANIUM GEOLOGICAL RESERVES

6 URANIUM GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES Espinharas Deposits Caetité / Lagoa Real Santa Quitéria Measured / Indicated t U 3 O 8 Inferred Total 94,000 6, ,770 91,200 51, ,500 Others 36,500 26,600 66,100 Total 224,700 84, ,370 PROGNOSTICATED: PITINGA (AM): 150,000 RIO CRISTALINO (PA): 150,000 SPECULATIVE: 500,000

7 URANIUM MINE PROJECTS IN BRAZIL SANTA QUITÉRIA IN CEARÁ STATE Uranium mineralization is associated with phosphate rock CAETITÉ IN BAHIA STATE Uranium mineralization consists of uraninite.

8 Caetité - Mining and Milling Plant NOMINAL CAPACITY: 400 TONNES/YEAR START OF OPERATION: DEZ/ 1999

9 Tailings Mine Ponds Chemical Plant Satelite image - URANIUM CONCENTRATE UNIT (URA)

10 Ore body 2 Ore body 3 Acess to Underground Mine Ore body 1 Cachoeira Mine: Extraction of ore (Bodies 1, 2 and 3) MINA DA CACHOEIRA

11 UNDERGROUND MINE OPENING OF THE RAMP

12 Cachoeira Quebradas Engenho Laranjeiras CAETITÉ AREA ANOMALIES Rabicha Modesto

13 SANTA QUITÉRIA PROJECT CONSORTIUM INB-GALVANI Final Products: - MAP (Monoammonium Phosphate) - BCP (Dicalcium Phosphate) - Urânio Concentrate - U 3 O 8

14 PRODUCTION OF URANIUM CONCENTRATE Santa Quiteria Project Phosphate-uranium deposit Total reserves: 80 millions t Average content: Reserves : 11% P2O5 0,1% U3O8 Phospate: 9 millions t P 2 O 5 Uranium: 80 mil t U3O8 Uranium production 1,600 t / ano Startup - early 2019 Uranium-bearing phosphate

15 SANTA QUITÉRIA PROJECT View of the Ore Detail of the Ore

16 Santa Quiteria Project Uranium/Phospate Ceará State DISTRIBUTION OF INB S FACILITIES CAETITÉ Uranium Mine/Mill Caetité/ Bahia State UNIT 2 FUEL FABRICATION PLANT Resende /Rio de Janeiro State UNIT 1 UNIT 3

17 CONVERSION OF U 3 O 8 INTO UF 6 Present Situation Engineering works are underway A basic design is under preparation Capacity : 1,500 t UF 6 /year Decision to erect the plant is being evaluated

18 FCN ENRIQUECIMENTO ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT INB is erecting a demonstration plant of isotopic enrichment using centrifuge technology developed in Brazil 1 st : phase : 125 t SWU/year In the initial phase 10 cascades will be in production until 2018 We have presently 6 cascades in operation First utilization of EUP produced in Brazil was made in 2015 in Angra 1 (40% of 22nd reload) In 2016 EUP produced in Brazil will be used in Argentina reactor CAREM

19 CONVERSION FROM UF 6 INTO UO 2 POWDER Capacity: 160 t/year of UO 2 FCN RECONVERSÃO

20 PELLET PRODUCTION CAPACITY : 120 t UO 2 /year FCN PASTILHAS

21 Fuel Assembly Fabrication Nominal capacity: 240 tu/year, in two shifts. FCN COMPONENTES e MONTAGEM

22 FCN COMPONENTES e MONTAGEM Fuel Assemblies Fabrication

23 KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Nuclear Fuel Cycle Brazil has substantial amount of uranium reserves. The possibilities to discover important additional uranium reserves are very high The prospection works have stopped in the eighties and was limited in terms of areas covered and also the use of new technologies According to Brazilian law fuel cycle activities are a Monopoly of the Brazilian State. INB explores these activities in the name of the Government. Key Issues

24 KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Nuclear Fuel Cycle INB has a flexible Monopoly. Very few people realize this. Partnership with private companies is already authorized by law The obligation is to retain 51% of the shares. Major U producers have demonstrated their interest to establish partnership with INB in the uranium area. The 51% HAS NEVER been the obstacle. The key obstacle is the legal framework to receive authorization to export uranium products. The real challenge is to convince the Government to establish an Export Policy of Nuclear Materials Without such assurances private companies are not interested to invest in the nuclear fuel cycle in Brazil to produce uranium compounds. Key Issues

25 Thank you very much