WITH an electricity demand of 25,000 MW and a hydroelectric potential above 200,000 MW — the Brazilian government went ahead in 1975 with a multi-billion dollar nuclear programme. Brazil's nuclear programme is now years behind schedule and in a state of general disarray, as foreign loans are used up and open dissent appears at all levels. Maurice Bazin reports
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Bazin, M. The politics of power in Brazil. Nature 284, 655–656 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/284655a0
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