Brazil Says It Has UN Approval for Uranium Enrichment

[maddezmom]

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil said on Wednesday it has won approval from the U.N. nuclear watchdog to start enriching uranium at its Resende plant after months of disagreement over international inspections of the installation.


Science and Technology Minister Eduardo Campos said the plant would be started up before the end of the year, which would put Brazil closer to its aim of fully mastering the technology to produce nuclear power for peaceful use.


Campos said an agreement had been reached with the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency based on the agency's verification of the plant's design -- one element of the process to approve it for uranium enrichment.


But IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said: "We are still in the process of completing our assessment of the inspection approach for the Resende plant."

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20041124/wl_nm/brazil_nuclear_dc

[Tempest]

1. Bombs away!

I'm surprised Boosh is silent about this.

[Dover]

2. I'm betting it was discussed this past week at the APEC meeting...

though don't know if other nations are simply working around Bushco or how that's working. Bushco would like to dismantle the UN entirely so don't know how the UN's authority in these matters sits with them......though I can guess.

[struggle4progress]

3. Brazil stated earlier this fall that it was pulling out of the NPT ...

... because it had signed with the understanding that the major powers would work to eliminate nuclear weapons -- a clear slap in the face to President Bosh and his new nuke plans.