Trump Submits Nuclear Agreement With Saudi Arabia To Congress Amid Proliferation Concerns
President Donald Trump submitted a proposed nuclear energy agreement with Saudi Arabia to Congress, initiating the mandatory review process required under the Atomic Energy Act. The deal would allow U.S. companies like Westinghouse—owned by Cameco and Brookfield Asset Management—to export civilian nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia over a 30-year period. A key condition for moving forward is that Saudi Arabia must join the Abraham Accords. Critics, including nonproliferation experts and some Democratic lawmakers, have raised concerns about the lack of permanent prohibitions on uranium enrichment or reprocessing in the agreement. The deal instead proposes a U.S.-built facility subject to a two-year feasibility study before any decision is made. Experts warn that this could weaken existing controls against nuclear proliferation. The timing of the agreement coincides with growing global concerns about the stability of the U.S.-led nonproliferation framework, raising fears that relaxing standards may encourage more countries to pursue sensitive nuclear technologies.
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Topics: Abraham Accords civil nuclear energy U.S.-Saudi relations