O domínio do ciclo de combustível nuclear pelo Brasil : as consequências políticas e comerciais no cenário internacional

Abstract

In order to supply the fuel to the nuclear submarine the Brazilian Navy has gone to master the nuclear fuel cycle. After the conversion and uranium enrichment stages fulfillment, at the industrial level, is to be said that the fuel cycle is mastered. Although that development place Brazil as a distinguished actor in the international relations scenario but those issues haven?t been achieved without challenges and difficulties. Therefore to analyze the commercial and politics consequences of the Brazilian nuclear fuel cycle mastering and possible effects on Brazilian Navy, this monograph has three main approaches: treaties, agreements and nuclear weapons non-proliferation regime; issues related to security in the international system; and commercial and political aspects involved over the search of nuclear fuel cycle mastering. So, the research contextualized the treaties, agreements and the nuclear weapons non-proliferation regime and how they influence on the Brazilian Navy Nuclear Program, more specifically, on the development of the nuclear submarine fuel. Beside of that the States perception on security was analyzed through approaches based on Buzan, Waever and Wilde (1998) concepts on securitization and politization. Those theoretical approaches were the fundaments of the commercial and political analysis. Following, effects on Brazilian Navy was evidenced. Finally, all the analysis results were sum up into the conclusion