Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee were briefed by officials from Trump's energy ministry this week although it was scant on details regarding progress on the issue.
Source/Credit: AlArabay
By The New Arab | December 16, 2017
White House officials informed members of the Congress this week about a prospective multi-billion contract to build reactors to Saudi Arabia, in-line with Donald Trump's campaign promise to kick-start the US nuclear industry.
They did not, however, comment on mounting rumours that the administration might loosen Obama-era restrictions on uranium enrichment technology to Saudi Arabia, something vital to the chances of a US company winning the bid.
Enriched uranium could in theory be coverted by Riyadh into fissile material, something that could be eventually developed into making a nuclear weapon.
Giving Riyadh the technology to enrich uranium would undoubtedly lead to increased tensions with arch-rival Iran, which has embarked on its own nuclear programme.
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