NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02992789
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 18, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-01987
• Publication Date: March 9, 1978

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National Intelligence
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THURSDAY 9 MARCH 1978
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 056 TCS 556/78
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Brazil-
West Germany
Nuclear Cooperation
Brazilian President Geisel is in West
Germany this week in part to reaffirm
the Brazilian - West German nuclear
accord before President Carter goes to
Brazil. Geisel yesterday signed a
statement of intent to cooperate with
West Germany in research on high-
temperature reactors and the
thorium fuel cycle; the West Germans
will gain long-term access to Brazilian
thorium.
Brazil and West Germany apparently
remain committed to fulfilling their
nuclear agreement�including the sale to
Brazil of nuclear reactors and pilot
uranium-enrichment and fuel-reprocess-
ing facilities�despite the practical and
financial difficulties Brazil's nuclear
program faces.
The agreement on the thorium fuel cy-
cle undercuts a US offer to Brazil to join
the US - West German - French - Swiss
consortium on thorium research as an
alternative to acquiring a reprocessing
facility; the thorium cycle could satisfy
Brazil's energy needs
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Brazilian and West German officials
also are probably discussing the Nether-
lands' effort to require further safeguards
on plutonium storage before the West
German - Dutch - British consortium,
URENCO, ships enriched uranium fuel
to Brazil. We are uncertain how far the
Dutch will press their demands, which
face opposition from their consortium
partners as well as Brazil. West German
officials probably are assuring Geisel
that, together with the British, they
intend to supply the fuel regardless of
the Dutch position
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