Brazil Uranium Enrichment Delayed

Brazil has once again postponed plans to begin uranium enrichment intended to produce fuel for its two nuclear energy reactors, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 7, 2005).

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva planned to inaugurate the Resende uranium enrichment facility this month, but the event was postponed twice due to budget shortfalls, according to AFP.

The enrichment work would cost Brazil an estimated $15.2 million annually, according to the Nuclear Industries of Brazil. The proposed fiscal 2006 budget, however, is more than $5 million below that amount, AFP reported (Agence France-Presse, Jan. 17).

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