Overview of the works on Angra 3 plant in Rio de Janeiro (Flickr / PAC 2 / Handout)
The resumption of construction of the Angra 3 nuclear plant - whose contracts are in the sights of the Federal Police, prosecutors and the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) - had the approval of President Dilma Rousseff, then Chief of Staff in vote the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE).
Comprised of 14 directors, nine ministers of state, the CNPE has the function of advising the President of the Republic on national energy issues. In 2007, the favorable recommendation of the authority enabled former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially authorize the resumption of the project, stalled since the 1980s.
The discussion of Angra 3 dragged on for years on the board. In 2005, also Minister of Mines and Energy of Lula, Dilma resisted the production of the work, diverging from José Dirceu - monthly allowance convicted and remanded in custody in Lava Jet - then your Esplanade colleague. Dirceu even asked view the discussion when faced with two votes against the power plant in the Council: the Rousseff and Marina Silva, then environment minister.
Dilma considered a very expensive nuclear energy and gave preference to other alternatives, such as hydroelectric and thermal. According to a ministry representative who attended the CNPE meetings, Dilma took a lot into consideration the issue of costs in the definition of energy policies. For this reason, it did not give priority to the use of wind power and biomass, which were more expensive at the time.
In 2005 statement, then of Mines and Energy minister justified his opposition to the completion of the third nuclear power plant project in complex Creek: "From the point of view of my ministry has no meaning choose Angra 3 as the source is the cheapest at the moment economically. That is our position. "
With the government Dirceu output and Rousseff's trip to the Civil House, was reached to speculate that Angra 3 would not leave the paper. Civil, Mining and Energy house were considered the most active voice ministries under the CNPE. In 2007, Dilma adopted a new position on the board, in favor of work. The only dissenting vote came from Marina Silva, who let the Ministry of Environment the following year.
The Minister of Mines and Energy at the time was Nelson Hubner, who was Rousseff's chief of staff in the folder. He took over on an interim basis following the departure of Silas Rondeau, wrapped in fraud investigations in bidding on. Rondeau appointed to the presidency of Eletronuclear Vice Admiral Othon Pinheiro, central figure in the investigation of the Federal Police. The investigation pointed pay at least R $ 4.5 million in bribes to the "Admiral" the big winner contractors of the consortium to carry out the works of Angra 3. The suspicion is that the bribes by business reach around R $ 30 million.
(With Estadão Content)
