NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 18, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-01987
• Publication Date: December 11, 1978

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MONDAY 11 DECEMBER 1978
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 287 TCS 787/78
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BRAZIL
Nuclear Energy Program
Brazil has decided to cut hack its siders the acquisition of such technology
nuclear energy development program, indispensable to its drive to become a
major world actor. Even if the government
has decided on a cutback, we do not ex-
pect it to be undertaken before the new
President takes over next March.
We believe it likely that the Brazilians
will indeed cut back�but by no means
abandon�the nuclear program. The cost
of the enormous effort is rapidly growing
and could by itself result in a scaledown.
Moreover, demand for electricity has not
grown nearly as rapidly as was predicted
at the time the nuclear deal was signed,
and there is ample hydroelectric potential
for power requirements
The program has been under strong
domestic attack, with charges of shoddy
security practices, corruption by private
contractors, bureaucratic rivalries in the
Brazilian Government, and friction
between the Brazilian and West German
participants.
President-elect Figueiredo is said to
favor a cutback and to desire more stress
on the country's hydroelectric resources.
There is nonetheless no indication that
Brazil is any less determined than before
to acquire a full nuclear fuel cycle, in-
cluding at least a limited capacity for
enrichment and reprocessing. Brazil con-
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