Brazil prepares uranium enrichment plant

Brazil confirmed that several of its 10 specially-designed centrifuges to enrich uranium for nuclear power production would be running by the end of March.  Though Brazil signed a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2004, analyst Jacqueline Shire of the Institute for Science and International Security commented the country “is not adhering to the (IAEA's) Additional Protocol. It's important that Brazil should set the standard for transparency.” Shire warns against double standards when assessing states’ attempts to develop enrichment capabilities.