Brazil unveils uranium enrichment center PETER MUELLO Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO， Brazil - Brazil has inaugurated a uranium enrichment center capable of producing nuclear fuel for the South American country's power plants.
Brazil's enrichment center will save millions of dollars the country now spends to enrich fuel at Urenco， the European enrichment consortium， Science and Technology Minister Sergio Rezende told the government news agency Agencia Brasil Saturday.
Iran is seeking to produce the same fuel， but is facing international pressure against doing so. Brazil - like Iran - has signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty， and Brazil's constitution bans the military use of nuclear energy.
Brazil has the world's sixth-largest uranium reserves， but has been unable to use the fuel for energy without shipping it to and from Urenco.
Rezende stressed Brazil's commitment to the peaceful use of nuclear energy at a ceremony Friday at the plant built on a former coffee plantation in Resende， 90 miles west of Rio de Janeiro.
In 2004， the Brazilian government drew attention when it refused unrestricted inspections by the International Atomic Energy Association， arguing that full access to its centrifuges would put it at risk of industrial espionage.
Inspectors said they were satisfied after monitoring the uranium that comes in and out of the centrifuges.
Brazil's nuclear program began during a 1964-85 military dictatorship， and the ruling generals had secret plans to test an atomic bomb underground in the Amazon jungle. The idea was scrapped in 1990.
巴西宣布建成濃縮鈾中心成為擁有核技術(shù)國家
巴西6日宣布，已建成一個(gè)濃縮鈾中心，從而正式成為擁有核技術(shù)的國家。
該中心位于里約熱內(nèi)盧以西約150公里處的雷森迪，是在一個(gè)咖啡種植園的舊址上建起來的。
巴西科技部長雷森德當(dāng)天宣布說，這個(gè)濃縮鈾中心的建成，使得巴西不再需要將鈾礦送到歐洲進(jìn)行濃縮，可以為巴西節(jié)省數(shù)千萬美元的經(jīng)費(fèi)。
雷森德也再次重申，巴西將和平利用核能。巴西在憲法中規(guī)定，不得將核能用于軍事目的，且巴西也簽署了"核不擴(kuò)散條約".
巴西擁有世界上第六大鈾礦儲(chǔ)量，但限于技術(shù)，一直無法自己完成濃縮鈾的工作。
Brazil's enrichment center will save millions of dollars the country now spends to enrich fuel at Urenco， the European enrichment consortium， Science and Technology Minister Sergio Rezende told the government news agency Agencia Brasil Saturday.
Iran is seeking to produce the same fuel， but is facing international pressure against doing so. Brazil - like Iran - has signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty， and Brazil's constitution bans the military use of nuclear energy.
Brazil has the world's sixth-largest uranium reserves， but has been unable to use the fuel for energy without shipping it to and from Urenco.
Rezende stressed Brazil's commitment to the peaceful use of nuclear energy at a ceremony Friday at the plant built on a former coffee plantation in Resende， 90 miles west of Rio de Janeiro.
In 2004， the Brazilian government drew attention when it refused unrestricted inspections by the International Atomic Energy Association， arguing that full access to its centrifuges would put it at risk of industrial espionage.
Inspectors said they were satisfied after monitoring the uranium that comes in and out of the centrifuges.
Brazil's nuclear program began during a 1964-85 military dictatorship， and the ruling generals had secret plans to test an atomic bomb underground in the Amazon jungle. The idea was scrapped in 1990.
巴西宣布建成濃縮鈾中心成為擁有核技術(shù)國家
巴西6日宣布，已建成一個(gè)濃縮鈾中心，從而正式成為擁有核技術(shù)的國家。
該中心位于里約熱內(nèi)盧以西約150公里處的雷森迪，是在一個(gè)咖啡種植園的舊址上建起來的。
巴西科技部長雷森德當(dāng)天宣布說，這個(gè)濃縮鈾中心的建成，使得巴西不再需要將鈾礦送到歐洲進(jìn)行濃縮，可以為巴西節(jié)省數(shù)千萬美元的經(jīng)費(fèi)。
雷森德也再次重申，巴西將和平利用核能。巴西在憲法中規(guī)定，不得將核能用于軍事目的，且巴西也簽署了"核不擴(kuò)散條約".
巴西擁有世界上第六大鈾礦儲(chǔ)量，但限于技術(shù)，一直無法自己完成濃縮鈾的工作。