Brazil Contractors Leaving Nuclear Plant Face Penalties
Brazil's Energy Minister Eduardo Braga said on Thursday "it is strange" that contractors are abandoning work on the Angra 3 nuclear plant and warned that they will face penalties for not fulfilling their contracts.
Engineering groups Odebrecht and Queiroz Galvao said on Wednesday they were pulling out of a consortium building the nuclear reactor due to payment delays from Eletronuclear, a unit of state utility Eletrobras.
(Reporting by Jeb Blount)
