Brazil refuses to let IAEA inspect nuclear facility

Citing unnamed Brazilian officials and diplomats in Vienna, the newspaper said the International Atomic Energy Agency and Brazil were at an impasse over the inspections.

Brazil maintains that the facility in Resende will produce low-enriched uranium for use in power plants, not the highly enriched material used in nuclear weapons, according to the report.

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Nonetheless, Brazil refuses to let IAEA inspectors see equipment in the plant, citing a need to protect proprietary information, the paper said.