<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c0f32106-9696-4aca-908b-96791ec3fc8f/5151142D-DDCE-44E9-AB9D-BCC80A4CE0E8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2009/03/17/Brazil_plans_nuclear-waste_facilities/UPI-31961237298761/" href="http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2009/03/17/Brazil_plans_nuclear-waste_facilities/UPI-31961237298761/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.upi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2009/03/17/Brazil_plans_nuclear-waste_facilities/UPI-31961237298761/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.upi.com/img/6AEFCFF3-A180-4345-A25C-0B5E946ADC18" alt="United Press International - News. 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