Brazil Can Enrich Uranium for 6 Nukes-Researchers

[maddezmom]

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's new Resende nuclear plant has the potential to produce enough enriched uranium for six nuclear bombs every year, U.S. researchers said on Friday -- a claim Brazil denied.



The commentary by the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, published in Friday's issue of the journal Science, came three days after United Nations (news - web sites) experts visited the plant to resolve a dispute over nonproliferation inspections.


"At its announced capacity, Brazil's new facility located at Resende will have the potential to produce enough uranium to make five to six ... warheads per year," the article by Gary Milhollin, director of the Wisconsin Project, and research associate Liz Palmer, said.


Brazil and U.N. inspectors have disagreed over access levels needed for proper inspection in the almost year-old dispute.

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[Swamp Rat]

1. Puta que pariu!

[prodigal_green]

2. A Brazilian friend mentioned several months ago

that his government had been accused of trying to procure/develop WMDs. I told him I hadn't heard that charge, but apparently it has been in the Brazilian press for some time.

If you were President Lula and the chimp was just a day's sail away from your country, what would you do?

[DRoseDARs]

3. Why does Brazil need nukes?

.

[takumi]

4. They're Afraid that Bush will get Re-selected!

[David__77]

5. To defend its sovereignty.

...

[DRoseDARs]

9. They hate us for our Freedoms (TM); we hate them for their trees.

:)

[aquart]

8. The Fascist Government in the United States, Maybe?

[Minstrel Boy]

11. Why does anyone?

Can any nation assume that it's liberty is guaranteed by the goodwill of the United States?

[David__77]

6. I cannot see why they wouldn't.

Why should they trust the benevolence of the nuclear powers? We've seen the most imperial, evil, hegemonic forces unleashed. I can see why Brazil and other independent countries would work to ensure their freedom by building a strong state defense.

[Flagg]

7. The only nuclear power Brazil shares a border with is..... France

And Brazil and France have always been friends.

[mitchtv]

13. Lula is tight with Chavez, also borders with VZ.

it would benefit all to deter an invasion of Venezuela. Argentina will not wait long if Brazil goes ahead-probably they are already in progress.

[MallRat]

10. Funny. I don't remember Brazil being a member of Bush's Axis of Evil.

:shrug:

[maddezmom]

12. nah, Brazil plays nice with Halliburton

Halliburton Announces Major Milestone Toward Completion of Barracuda-Caratinga Project in Brazil

2004-10-13 12:12 ET - News Release

HOUSTON -- (Business Wire) -- Oct. 13, 2004



Company also signs revised agreement in principle with
Petrobras to resolve outstanding issues

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) announced today that its KBR subsidiary and
Petrobras have achieved a significant milestone in the development of
the Barracuda and Caratinga offshore fields in Brazil, as the first of
the two oil tankers converted into Floating Production, Storage and
Offloading (FPSO) vessels began its journey today, Wednesday, Oct. 13,
to the field in the Campos Basin.

more:

http://new.stockwatch.com/swnet/newsit/newsit_newsit.aspx?bid=U-b005603-U:HAL-20041013&symbol=HAL&news_region=U