It is located at the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto (CNAAA) on the Itaorna Beach in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro.

The complex employs some 3,000 people and generates another 10,000 indirect jobs in Rio de Janeiro state.

As a result, Angra II was built with pre-Konvoi German technology, as part of a comprehensive nuclear agreement between Brazil and West Germany signed by President Ernesto Geisel in 1975.

[5][13] After stopping construction in 2014, the Brazilian government have decided to auction off the incomplete power station to private investors in 2018.

[14] In November 2021, the Brazilian government rescheduled the conclusion of Angra III for 2026–27, and announced the construction of a fourth nuclear power plant, to be inaugurated in 2031.