1.0 link 171158 <![CDATA[Brazil Flips The Switch On Uranium Enrichment Plant]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessicah-curtis/brazil-flips-the-switch-o_b_171158.html Brazil has become one of just a handful of states to enrich uranium in a controversial bid to boost nuclear power production and ensure future energy independence.

In an exclusive interview with the Huffington Post, Nuclear Industries of Brazil (INB) spokeswoman Helena Beltrão confirmed that several of the 10 specially designed centrifuges housed at an enrichment plant in Resende, Rio de Janeiro, would be up and running by the end of March.

"Industrial-scale enrichment will start in the first quarter of...

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