The Brazilian–Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC; pt, Agência Brasileiro-Argentina de Contabilidade e Controle de Materiais Nucleares; es, Agencia Brasileño-Argentina de Contabilidad y Control de Materiales Nucleares) is a binational
safeguards agency playing an active role in the verification of the peaceful use of
nuclear material
Nuclear material refers to the metals uranium, plutonium, and thorium, in any form, according to the IAEA. This is differentiated further into "source material", consisting of natural and depleted uranium, and "special fissionable material", co ...
s that could be used, either directly or indirectly, for the manufacture of
weapons of mass destruction
A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to numerous individuals or cause great damage to artificial structures (e.g., buildings), natu ...
.
Nuclear cooperation between Argentina and Brazil traces back to 1986 with the signature of a protocol about immediate sharing of information and mutual assistance in case of nuclear accidents and radiological emergencies The warm personal relationship that existed between Argentina's democratically elected president
Raul Alfonsin and his Brazilian counterpart,
João Figueiredo
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (; 15 January 1918 – 24 December 1999) was a Brazilian military leader and politician who was the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, the last of the military regime that ruled the country follo ...
, further catalyzed the deepening of relations which is now understood to have begun under their authoritarian predecessors.
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The ABACC was created on July 18, 1991 and is the only binational safeguards organization existing in the world and the first binational organization created by Argentina and Brazil.
As a regional agency dealing with safeguards, its main goal is guaranteeing Argentina, Brazil and the international community that all the nuclear materials are used exclusively for peaceful purposes.
See also
* Argentine Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA)
* Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN)
* Brazil and weapons of mass destruction
*Argentina and weapons of mass destruction
Argentina has a history with the development of weapons of mass destruction. Under the military dictatorship, Argentina began a nuclear weapons program in the early 1980s, but this was abolished when democracy was restored in 1983.
Missile system ...
*Argentina–Brazil relations
The Argentina–Brazil relationship is both close and historical, and encompasses the economy, trade, culture, education, and tourism. From war and rivalry to friendship and alliance, this complex relationship has spanned more than two centurie ...
*Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) is an international technical and professional organization that works to promote safe handling of nuclear material and the safe practice of nuclear materials management through publications, a ...
References
External links
; Brazil
Center for the Development of Nuclear Technology (CDTN)Eletronuclear - Eletrobrás Termonuclear S.A.Energy and Nuclear Research Institute (IPEN)Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB)Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE)Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT)National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN)Nuclear Engineering Institute (IEN)Radiation Protection and Dosimetry Institute (IRD)The Navy’s Technological Center in São Paulo (CTMSP)
; Argentina
Bariloche Atomic Center (CAB)Combustibles Nucleares Argentinos (Conuar)
Constituyentes Atomic Center (CAC)Ezeiza Atomic Center (CAE)Investigación Aplicada S.E. (INVAP)Ministry of Foreign Relations, International Trade and Worship (MREyC)National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA)Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ARN)Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. (NASA)
;Brazil and Argentina
Woodrow Wilson Center's Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP)
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