US technicians of the Brazil-United States Permanent Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation began a visit to the nuclear installations in the state of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.

The presence of US specialists came after a recent controversy over Brazil's alleged uranium enrichment and refusal to allow international inspections, the local press reported.

US Assistant Secretary of State John Wolf and directors of Brazil's National Nuclear Energy Commission met on Thursday to discuss issues related to the nuclear sector, such as security, technology and safeguards.

The United States has recently accused Brazil of hindering international inspections of the process developed in this South American country to enrich uranium.

On Wednesday, experts of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency and the Argentine-Brazilian Nuclear Material Control Agencyhad a routine inspection of the nuclear installations in the stateof Rio de Janeiro, but they did not get full access to the allegeduranium enrichment facilities.

Source: Xinhua