BRAZIL: PLANNING TO SEND ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF HEU

UNCLAS BRASILIA 001156 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR SUBJECT: BRAZIL: PLANNING TO SEND ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF HEU SAMPLES TO BRAZIL FOR EXERCISE REF: STATE 92333 (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ¶1. (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer met with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves to request written assurances from the Brazilian Government that the nuclear material proposed for export to the Laboratory de Pocos de Caldas, under the National Commission for Nuclear Energy (CNEN),will upon receipt in Brazil be made subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and that the consignee identified on the application - this CNEN laboratory - is authorized to receive and possess the transferred nuclear material. The Embassy also formally delivered the request for these assurances via Diplomatic Note No. 374, which was delivered to the MRE on September 14, 2009 ¶2. (SBU) Acting Director Alves responded that the Brazilian government should be providing the requested written assurances. His office (MRE/DDS) needed to discuss the matter with CNEN beforehand, and then they would respond. He did not foresee any problems with being able to provide the requested assurances. Alves, however, did not hazard an estimate of when the U.S. Government could expect to receive the response. KUBISKE