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)