[Beck_isright]

No. They elected a Marxist who openly embraces Venezuela, Cuba and Libya. Now remember that ship from North Korea that was intercepted with no manifest and the missles encased in concrete allegedly going to Yemen? It went on to Yemen, but if we didn't stop it, I bet it went on to Iraq. More food for thought; is there an underground nuclear program designed to arm our enemies? A sort of cooperative between North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya and Syria to create a nuclear weapons program for those nations. Not to mention the fact that the Marxist in Brazil stated one month after his election he wanted to create the first Brazilian A-bomb. Food for thought. Sleep tight.

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[bonesmccoy]

You could be correct regarding such a program.

You'd have to wonder where and how these developing nations could get the necessary components.

The only sources would be France and Russia.

Japan has the technology but submits to UN inspection and US treaties (which provide their nuclear shield).

China could also be a source of equipment for nuclear programs.

Any PRC installations in So. America?

How about the issue of trade?

If these "developing nations" are getting technology, what are they sending back to France, Russia, and China?

And, why would the Germans back the program?

[bonesmccoy]

Search of Google with "Brazil, France, nuclear" brought up this interesting set of hits.

Quoting their website:

The Ux Consulting Company, LLC (UxC) was founded in March 1994 as an affiliate of The Uranium Exchange Company (Ux), in order to extend and provide greater focus to Ux's consulting and information services capabilities. In this capacity, UxC publishes The Ux Weekly and the UxC Market Outlook Reports on uranium, enrichment, and conversion. UxC also prepares special reports on key topics of interest as well as custom consulting for a wide variety of international companies. Through our affiliation with Ux, as well as our team of outside consultants, UxC is poised to provide the most complete consulting and information services in the industry, backed up by industry experience, strong analytical skills, and comprehensive data.


http://www.uxc.com/fuelcycle/uranium/production-uranium.html

http://www.uxc.com/fuelcycle/utility/capacity-generation.html

[bonesmccoy]

More from FAS
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/brazil/nuke/index.html

the last paragraph is interesting:
"The Brazilian Newspaper JORNAL DO BRASIL, of June 4, 1997, reported that the Federal Government had decided to reactivate an old Army project for the construction of a gas-graphite reactor, capable of producing plutonium for atomic bombs, in an ecological reservation in Rio de Janeiro. The plutonium-producing reactor, also known as 'The Atlantic Project', is being developed by the Special Projects Institute - IPE, of the Army's Technology Center - CTEx, in Guaratiba district. "