Posted on Thu, Sep. 23, 2004
GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press
VIENNA, Austria - Brazil has emphasized that its commitment to an international treaty meant to stop the spread of nuclear weapons may not be open-ended, and it continues to resist giving U.N. inspectors access to its technology that can make such weapons, diplomats said Thursday. <snip>
Brazil signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 1997 and said its own atomic program had peaceful objectives.
But Eduardo Campos, Brazil's minister of science and technology, told the IAEA session Wednesday that his country approved the treaty on condition of a "cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date, and to the complete elimination of all atomic weapons." <snip>
The diplomats, who are familiar with Brazil's nuclear program, said the IAEA has concerns over Brazil's emphasis of the link between total nuclear disarmament and its own commitment to the treaty. <snip>
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/world/9744986.htmThe Bushista drive for new generation nuclear "bunker busters" seems to be undoing the NPT ...