US EditionSaudi Arabia may have uranium enrichment under proposed deal with US, arms control experts warn
The proposed deal could allow Saudi Arabia uranium enrichment and fuel reprocessing, raising proliferation concerns amid regional nuclear tensions, according to U.S. congressional documents.
- Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States.
- The documents raise concerns that the Trump administration has not carefully considered the proliferation risks posed by its proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia.
- The United Arab Emirates signed an agreement with the U.S. to build its Barakah nuclear power plant without seeking enrichment, which nonproliferation experts have held up as the gold standard.
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Saudi Arabia may have uranium enrichment under proposed deal with US, arms control experts warn
Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States.
Al-Monitor
US removing guardrails from proposed Saudi nuclear deal, document says
By Timothy Gardner and Jonathan LandayWASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said would ensure the kingdom does not develop nuclear weapons, according to a copy of the document sent to Congress and reviewed by Reuters.Trump, a Republican, and former President Joe Biden, a Democrat, have worke…
Saudi Arabia could accomplish some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear agreement with the United States, as suggested by Congressional documents and an arms control group, raising proliferation concerns as an atomic pulse continues between Tehran and Washington.
Washington: United States President Donald Trump informed Congress that he was seeking to conclude a civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that did not include preventive non-proliferation measures after the United States had repeatedly reiterated that such measures would be the guarantee that the Kingdom would not develop nuclear weapons, according to a copy of a document sent to Congress.
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