New Brazilian firm to oversee nuclear submarine project
August 10th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANSRio de Janeiro, Aug 10 (IANS) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has approved a plan to set up a state-owned company to oversee production of the country’s first nuclear submarine.
The company, Blue Amazon Defense Technologies or Amazul, will be in charge of “promoting, developing, absorbing, transferring and maintaining” technologies needed for Brazil’s nuclear programme and nuclear power-related activities of the Brazilian Navy, including the construction of Brazil’s first nuclear-powered submarine, Xinhua reported.
Amazul will also help create new companies in Brazil’s nuclear sector, offering them technical assistance if necessary.
The nuclear submarine project is the result of a partnership with France set up in 2009.
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