RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Brazil plans to convince within two months the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that there is no need to further inspect its nuclear program before issuing licenses to its two new uranium-enrichment plants, an official said on Thursday.

    The Brazilian government expects to obtain the licenses before October when the two new plants are expected to be operational in Resende, in Rio de Janeiro, Science and Technology Minister Eduardo Campos said.

    The state-run Brazil news agency quoted the minister as saying that he is confident that Brazil is going to "obtain the license for the Resende plant."

    The two new plants will enrich Brazilian uranium to 5 percent, which will be utilized as fuel in the nuclear plants Angra I and II, the facilities that supply most of Rio de Janeiro's electricity.

    The minister said that in two months, the first stage of this plant should be completed. It utilizes "ultra-centrifugal uranium-enriching devices developed with Brazilian technology, which are considered as more efficient than the technology that prevails in the United States," he said.

    The Brazilian government has limited the IAEA inspections to certain areas of Resende, citing it needs to keep the technological secrets of the enrichment process.

    Campos insisted that the Brazilian nuclear policy has peaceful aims. He said Brazil is the only country in the world in which allof its civilian and military facilities have obtained IAEA license.

    In April, Brazil had a controversy with the IAEA, which demanded greater access to the Brazilian nuclear centers.

    Brasilia insisted that its commitments are being "correctly" fulfilled and that the country needs to protect its own eco-industrial uranium-enrichment technology which is "efficient and economic."

    The Resende plant, according to the government, "is the first uranium-enrichment factory of Latin America" and will allow the country to be self-sufficient in this region.

    Brazil, which has the world's fifth largest reserve of uranium,had signed additional protocols tabled by the IAEA in connection with the uranium enrichment processes but Brazil is not required to unveil every detail.

    Earlier, Brazil has declared that it was fulfilling its international obligations and reaffirmed the peaceful use of its nuclear program. Enditem