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Trump Administration Rushing to Sell Saudi Arabia Nuclear Technology

Trump Administration Rushing to Sell Saudi Arabia Nuclear Technology
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By Staff, Agencies

US President Donald Trump’s administration is bypassing the Congress to advance the sale of American nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia, despite concerns it would violate US law guarding against technology transfers, according to a new report by a congressional committee.

In this respect, security analysts warn that the technology would allow Saudi Arabia to produce nuclear weapons in the future, potentially contributing to an arms race in the Middle East.

US legislators, for their part, showed concern about the stability of Saudi leadership under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman [MBS] because of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the war in Yemen.

Multiple unnamed "whistleblowers" have come forward to warn about White House attempts to speed the transfer of highly sensitive US nuclear technology to build new nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia, according to the staff report by the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

"The whistleblowers who came forward have warned of conflicts of interest among top White House advisers that could implicate federal criminal statutes," Representative Elijah Cummings, the Democrat chairman of the committee, said in a letter to the White House on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the committee is investigating efforts by US nuclear power companies to win Trump administration approval to build nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries.

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