Environmental Impact Assessment – RIMA CNAAA (Admiral Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Plant) Unit 3 INDEX 1. ENTREPRENEUR: ....................................................................................................................8 2. ADVISORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF EIA/RIMA..........................9 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENTERPRISE...............................................................................10 3.1. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ENTERPRISE?.............................................................................10 3.2. WHERE IS CNAAA LOCATED?......................................................................................................10 3.3. WHAT LOCATION IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE SETTING UP OF ANGRA 3?..........13 3.4. WHAT IS THE MAIN INFORMATION ABOUT ANGRA 3?.......................................................14 3.5. HOW DOES A PWR NUCLEAR PLANT WORK?.........................................................................15 3.6. WHY WAS THE “PWR” REACTOR CHOSEN?...........................................................................18 3.7. WHAT WILL THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF ANGRA 3 BE LIKE ?.................................19 ATTACHED FILE IN DWG FORMAT........................................................................................................... 20 FIG07_ARRANJO_RIMA.DWG................................................................................................................. 20 WHAT ARE ANGRA 3 SUPPORT BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES AND WHAT ARE THEY FOR?...21 3.8. WHICH ARE THE MAIN ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES?........................................................ 23 3.9. NON-RADIOACTIVE REFUSE........................................................................................................ 26 3.9.1. What kind of non-radioactive refuse is produced by Angra 3? ............................................. 26 3.9.2. How will Angra3 non-radioactive solid residues be treated?................................................ 26 3.9.3. How will Angra 3 non-radioactive atmospheric emissions be treated ?..........................28 3.9.4. How will Angra 3 non-radioactive liquid effluents be treated ?.............................................28 ARQUIVO ANEXO EM FORMAT PDF......................................................................................................... 29 PICTURE13_ROTAS_EFLUENTES_RIMA.PDF..................................................................................... 29 RADIOACTIVE REFUSE................................................................................................................................30 3.9.5. What is radiation? ............................................................................................................................................ 30 3.9.6. What does radioactive refuse mean?....................................................................................................31 3.9.7. How is radioactive refuse classified? ...................................................................................................31 3.9.8. What kinds of solid radioactive refuse are produced by Angra 3 and in CNAAA ?.......31 3.9.8.1. How will solid refuse be dealt with in Angra 3? ...............................................................................32 3.9.8.2. What amount of radioactive solid refuse will be produced by Angra 3?..........................34 3.9.8.3. Where will the radioactive solid refuse of Angra 3 be packaged?.......................................34 3.9.8.4. What amount of irradiated combustible elements is produced in Angra plants and where are they stored?........................................................................................................................................................ 35 3.9.9. What radioactive gaseous refuse will be produced by Angra 3?......................................... 36 3.9.9.1. How will Angra 3 radioactive gaseous refuse be treated/processed ?........................... 36 ATTACHED FILE IN PDF .............................................................................................................................................................. 38 Pic14_Radioactive Gaseous Refuse System Flowchart.pdfWhat kind of liquid refuse shall be produced by Angra 3?........................................................................................................................................................... 38 What kind of liquid refuse shall be produced by Angra 3?............................................................................. 39 1 / 209 Environmental Impact Assessment – RIMA CNAAA (Admiral Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Plant) Unit 3 3.9.9.2. How is the radioactive liquid refuse generated by Angra 3 going to be processed/treated? .............................................................................................................................................................. 39 3.10. IMPLEMENTING SCHEDULE......................................................................................................... 40 3.11. ANGRA 3 SAFETY SYSTEMS........................................................................................................ 42 3.11.1. How is the safety system in ANGRA 3 going to be like?................................................................42 3.11.2. What are the Passive Safety Devices?...................................................................................................43 3.11.3. What are the Active Safety Devices?..................................................................................................... 45 3.11.4. Which are the human factors that interfere with safety?.......................................................... 47 3.11.4.1. Safety Culture...................................................................................................................................................... 49 3.11.4.2. Safety Culture at ELETRONUCLEAR ........................................................................................................51 3.11.5. What are the experiences at similar power plants?.................................................................... 52 4. why nuclear power plantS? (JUSTIFICATIons for implementing ANGRA 3) 53 4.1. TECHNICAL JUSTIFICATIONS.....................................................................................................53 4.2. ECONOMICAL JUSTIFICATIONS.................................................................................................55 4.3. SOCIAL AND EVIRONMENTAL JUSTIFICATIONS....................................................................57 4.4. LOCATION JUSTIFICATIONS........................................................................................................61 5. areas of influence of the enterprise.....................................................................63 5.1. AREA OF INDIRECT INFLUENCE – AII........................................................................................63 5.2. AREAS OF DIRECT INFLUENCE - ADI ......................................................................................... 64 6. ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSIS........................................................................................66 6.1. PHYSICAL MEDIUM .......................................................................................................................66 6.1.1. What is the enterprise region climate?....................................................................................................66 6.1.2. Transport Conditions.............................................................................................................................................67 6.1.3. How is the Region’s Geology like?........................................................................................................... 68 6.1.4. Indicated Lithostratigraphic Units............................................................................................................... 68 6.1.5. How is the Region’s Geomorphology like?..........................................................................................70 6.1.6. What are the Soils of the Region? ............................................................................................................ 72 6.1.7. What are the Region’s Water Resources? ................................................................................................73 6.1.8. Continental Waters...........................................................................................................................................73 6.1.9. Oceanography ......................................................................................................................................................79 6.1.10. What is the Region Air Quality Like?....................................................................................................... 80 6.2. BIOTIC MEDIUM............................................................................................................................. 82 6.2.1. What is the terrestrial flora of the region like?.....................................................................................82 6.2.2. What is the terrestrial fauna of the region like?............................................................................ 86 6.2.3. What is the aquatic fauna of the region like? ..................................................................................90