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To: TobagoJack who wrote (34753)	5/14/2008 2:13:42 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217671

Brazil Official:US May Not Accept 200-Mile Sea Border -Report After we discover the oil here comes the US trying to muscle itself in Message 24588409 Interestingly: Angela Merkel in Brazil: the first-ever transfer of technology for a complete nuclear fuel cycle, including enrichment and reprocessing. Germany eyes reviving 1975 nuclear cooperation deal with Brazil: official Berlin, May 9, IRNA Germany-Brazil-Energy Germany hopes to rejuvenate a 1975 nuclear cooperation agreement with Brazil during the upcoming Latin American tour of Chancellor Angela Merkel, a German government source told IRNA in Berlin on Thursday. There is a readiness for a "positive and constructive review" to continue the implementation of the 1975 accord, the high-ranking official said on condition of anonymity. While the issue won't be a part of a separate agenda of the chancellor's energy talks in Brazil, a continuation of nuclear technology cooperation will be discussed, German government circles were quoted saying. The Brazilian-German atomic cooperation deal has been in a state of limbo after the former center-leftist German government under then- chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was even considering to cancel the accord following Berlin's decision for a gradual countrywide nuclear phase-out by 2021. The German-Brazilian agreement, signed on June 27, 1975, called reportedly for building eight nuclear reactors by 1990 in addition to the construction of a commercial-scale uranium enrichment facility, a pilot-scale plutonium reprocessing plant, and a so-called Becker "jet nozzle" enrichment technology. An affiliate of German energy giant Siemens, Kraftwerk Union, was hired to construct the planned Brazilian power plants. The projected cost of the program at that time was reportedly 4 billion US dollars, to be paid over a fifteen-year period. The most important element of the accord was that it called for the first-ever transfer of technology for a complete nuclear fuel cycle, including enrichment and reprocessing.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (34753)	5/14/2008 2:15:30 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217671

Speaking to foreign reporters Wednesday, science and technology minister Sergio Rezende said that the government had been discussing the entire programme and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 'is close to signing an executive order to create a committee to look after the programme.' Brazil Promotes Ambitious Nuclear Programme Thursday 08th of May 2008 Brazil plans to move ahead over the next few years with an ambitious nuclear programme that includes power plants and a nuclear submarine, EFE news agency reported Thursday quoting a minister. Speaking to foreign reporters Wednesday, science and technology minister Sergio Rezende said that the government had been discussing the entire programme and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 'is close to signing an executive order to create a committee to look after the programme.' According to the minister, the nuclear programme will deal with uranium enrichment, planning for new nuclear power plants and expanding the number of professionals trained in nuclear medicine. 'Nuclear power is competitive and has a much lower cost than that generated with diesel and coal,' he said. The government has earmarked 41 billion reais ($24.7 billion) for the programme by 2010, the minister said, adding that the figure did not include labour costs. 'This is a new thing on the Brazilian scene and we are confident that the plan will be executed in its majority,' Rezende said. Brazil has the world's sixth largest uranium reserves. The Brazilian government, under a plan by the energy and mines ministry, is studying the construction of up to four 1,000 MW nuclear power plants by 2030. The minister said he was confident that construction of the Angra III nuclear plant, located in the coastal town of Angra dos Reis, would start this year. Two other reactors, which were started in the 1970s and took more than two decades to complete, are already in operation at the site. Regarding the nuclear submarine, the government had been in talks with countries for construction and a technology transfer programme.