The forbidden cooperation: South Africa–Brazil nuclear relations at the turn of the 1970s

Abstract Contributing to a global nuclear history, this article discusses Brazil’s refusal to accept sensitive nuclear assistance from South Africa in the late 1970s. Relying on primary sources and oral history interviews, this study argues that despite their similar positions in the global nuclear...

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Main Author:	Carlo Patti
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais 2018-12-01
Series:	Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
Subjects:	Brazil South Africa nuclear energy nuclear proliferation
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292018000200204&lng=en&tlng=en

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spelling	doaj-d7dfba2aa2014c4c858af964523851d92020-11-25T01:22:10ZengInstituto Brasileiro de Relações InternacionaisRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional1983-31212018-12-0161210.1590/0034-7329201800206S0034-73292018000200204The forbidden cooperation: South Africa–Brazil nuclear relations at the turn of the 1970sCarlo PattiAbstract Contributing to a global nuclear history, this article discusses Brazil’s refusal to accept sensitive nuclear assistance from South Africa in the late 1970s. Relying on primary sources and oral history interviews, this study argues that despite their similar positions in the global nuclear order, Brazil’s decision was connected to political and technological reasons.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292018000200204&lng=en&tlng=enBrazilSouth Africanuclear energynuclear proliferation
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title	The forbidden cooperation: South Africa–Brazil nuclear relations at the turn of the 1970s
title_short	The forbidden cooperation: South Africa–Brazil nuclear relations at the turn of the 1970s
title_full	The forbidden cooperation: South Africa–Brazil nuclear relations at the turn of the 1970s
title_fullStr	The forbidden cooperation: South Africa–Brazil nuclear relations at the turn of the 1970s
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publisher	Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais
series	Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
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publishDate	2018-12-01
description	Abstract Contributing to a global nuclear history, this article discusses Brazil’s refusal to accept sensitive nuclear assistance from South Africa in the late 1970s. Relying on primary sources and oral history interviews, this study argues that despite their similar positions in the global nuclear order, Brazil’s decision was connected to political and technological reasons.
topic	Brazil South Africa nuclear energy nuclear proliferation
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The forbidden cooperation: South Africa–Brazil nuclear relations at the turn of the 1970s

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