BRAZIL-US: NUCLEAR PROBLEMS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06826902
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 18, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-01987
• Publication Date: August 18, 1977

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Latin America
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REGIONAL AND
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
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LATIN AMERICA
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18 August 1977
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This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington community by
the Latin America Division, Office of Regional and Political Analysis, with oc-
casional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of Intelligence and
from other agencies within the Intelligence Community. Comments and queries are
welcome. They should be directed to the authors of the individual articles.
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Angra dos Reis, Brazilian nuclear power plant
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Brazil-US: Nuclear Problems
Brazil in-
creasingly convinced that renegotiation of the 1972 Nu-
clear Cooperation Agreement with the US could cause a
major delay in granting the export license necessary to
ship nuclear fuel for the Brazilian power plant being
built by Westinghouse. Such a delay would cause major
problems in the construction of the plant, now scheduled
to be in operation by the end of 1978, and would cause
a serious deterioration in bilateral diplomatic rela-
tions.
administrative and legal obsta-
cles could cause major delays in the delivery of the
fuel, possibly preventing Westinghouse from living up to
its agreement.
President Geisel and other senior officials will
see any failure by Westinghouse to honor its contract
because of US delay in granting an export license as a
direct sanction against Brazil's nuclear development
program. Many in Brazil already believe that the US
cannot be trusted as a supplier of nuclear fuel.
Such a failure will probably strengthen the hand of
nationalistic officers in the Brazilian Army who believe
that the government should acquire nuclear weapons tech-
nology. Brazil will probably also push harder in inter-
national oraanizations for wider access to nuclear tech-
nology.
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