The Brazilian–Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC; ; ) is a binational safeguards agency playing an active role in the verification of the peaceful use of nuclear material

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", consisting of enriched uranium , uranium-233, and...

s that could be used, either directly or indirectly, for the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction

Weapons of mass destruction

A weapon of mass destruction is a weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures , natural structures , or the biosphere in general...

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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 ABACC was created on June 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
  National Atomic Energy Commission
  The National Atomic Energy Commission is the Argentine government agency in charge of nuclear energy research and development.The agency was created on May 31, 1950 with the mission of developing and controlling nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in the country.CNEA's facilities include the...
  
   (CNEA)
• Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission
  National Nuclear Energy Commission
  The National Nuclear Energy Commission is the Brazilian government agency responsible for the orientation, planning, supervision, and control of Brazil's nuclear program. The agency was created on 10 October 1956...
  
   (CNEN)
• Brazil and weapons of mass destruction
  Brazil and weapons of mass destruction
  In the 1970s and 80s, during the military regime, Brazil had a secret program intended to develop nuclear weapons. The program was dismantled in 1990, five years after the military regime ended, and Brazil is considered free of weapons of mass destruction....
  
  
• Argentina 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 National Reorganization Process, Argentina began a nuclear weapons program in the early 1980s, and was abolished when democracy was restored in 1983....
  
  
• Argentine–Brazilian relations
• Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
  Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
  The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 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, as well as organized presentations and meetings.The INMM's...
  
  

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)