The Trump administration has signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that would allow American companies to run commercial nuclear power plants on Saudi soil.
The agreement was signed by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Department of Energy announced on Wednesday. They also signed an accompanying agreement about safeguards. The deal must be reviewed by Congress, which has 90 days to consider it.
The cooperation agreement gives American companies priority access to the Saudi nuclear energy program, meaning they can supply nuclear reactors and fuel, according to an administration memo about the agreement seen by NPR. It’s expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars, the Energy Department said.
“These agreements reflect our two nations’ shared commitment to strengthening U.S.-Saudi commercial relations, delivering prosperity at home and security to our allies abroad,” Wright said in the announcement. “Rest assured, these agreements uphold the highest standards of nuclear safety and nonproliferation, while relying on the world’s best nuclear technology and scientists, designed right here in the United States.”
However, the memo seen by NPR said the agreement does not include provisions known as the “gold standard” that would prohibit the kingdom from enriching uranium and reprocessing nuclear fuel, nor does it require Saudi Arabia to adopt terms that would lead to greater oversight from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The lack of those restrictions will raise concerns over providing the kingdom a pathway to weapons development. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said that if Iran were to develop a nuclear weapon, Saudi Arabia would follow suit.
So the home of radical wahhabism is getting a nuke? The people who launched and funded 9/11 are being gifted a nuke? Huh…
Lemmy try not to be racist challenge impossible
It seems entirely relevant to point this out when we’re currently bombing Saudi Arabia’s neighbor under the guise of stopping nuclear proliferation in the middle east.
This is not racist
Trump is giving Saudia Arabia the bomb.
You guys have concentration camps btw
Two (and more) things can be bad at the same time.
lucifer. I hate everyone who voted for him. If you wised up and going to vote different great but you should spend the rest of your life attoning for the mistake.
Nope. If you supported Hitler, you shouldn’t have the same rights. Destroying your country, giving a pedophile access to the nuclear codes, and causing a threat of nuclear war is more dangerous to the public than the felon who did 20 years for some dust in a baggie and can’t vote.
irans going to bomb the fuck out of them i bet.
Fuck em. Fuck Iran’s regime too though. We should get all the Zionists, Trumpers, and nutcase Islamic radicals and corrall them in an Antarctic island with no outside contact. Tech bros can go too.
Whoa there pardner! What did Antarctica do wrong…? Escape from Nuu Yoik Ciddy surely…
Look at all those hypocritical western country not condemning this move while repeating the lie that iran was going to make nukes

