When the first Brazilian nuke powerplant was installed in Angra dos Reis, the Brazilian Navy started to plan safety measures and even set a nuclear emergency department on its main hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Despite the only serious nuclear emergency to have ever happened in Brazil being the Cesium-137 leakage in Goiânia in '87, there is still some fierce opposition to nukes in the country (plus hydro power is widespread throughout the country). But anyway, nukes would be the last option if I were the one choosing some power supply.
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