Opinion | David A. Andelman: Trump's White House may be helping Saudi Arabia buy nuclear tech. Here's why that's scary. - NBCNewsTHINK
with a thorough grasp of all steps in the nuclear fuel cycle needed to produce both peaceful power plants and weapons.with stops including Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf. A White House official told me that the aim of his trip is to consult with key stakeholders across the region about the economic component of his peace plan. But of course, civilian nuclear power is central to economic development.
It is critical to understand production of nuclear fuel for a civilian power plant is just a short step away from a different type of fuel that is suitable for a nuclear weapon. And, most worryingly, the Saudis seem anxious to produce their own fuel domestically rather than buying it, at lower prices, from the United States or any other nation that adheres to non-proliferation controls.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia has never agreed to follow conventional nuclear safeguards designed to prevent the drift of material from the civilian to the military domain. Until now, Saudi Arabia has had, for years, a small nuclear research reactor in a research center. It has put forward plans to build two other small facilities with any number of prospective countries including France and South Korea.
The Congressional report focuses heavily on alleged collusion between the Trump administration — particularly General Michael Flynn — and elements of the American nuclear industry that were anxiously attempting to cement an. With Flynn gone, the assumption was that the plan had died with him. But in February, a meeting was said to have been held in the White House with the nuclear industry to try to keep the plan alive.
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