The Trump administration has quietly pursued a wider deal on sharing U.S. nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia, which aims to build at least two nuclear power plants. Several countries including the United States, South Korea and Russia are in competition for that deal, and the winners are expected to be announced later this year by Saudi Arabia.
The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration said in the document that the companies had requested that the Trump administration keep the approvals secret."In this case, each of the companies which received a specific authorization for have provided us written request that their authorization be withheld from public release," the NNSA said in the document.Many U.S.
Concern in Congress about sharing nuclear technology and knowledge with Saudi Arabia rose after Oct. 2, 2018 when U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The Part 810 authorizations were made after November 2017, but it was not clear from the document whether any of them were made after Khashoggi's killing.
Last month, Democratic House members alleged in a report that top White House aides ignored warnings they could be breaking the law as they worked with former U.S. officials in a group called IP3 International to advance a multibillion-dollar plan to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia.
If true.. It is hardly a secret.. Now is it
Trump lets the Saudis do whatever they want. He even helps them do whatever they want. What’s up with that?
This is crazy, give the guys that blew up the twin towers nukes
What do we get in returns?
Good. It’s time we end fossil fuels and go new nuclear.
That murdering Saudi Crown Prince, MohammedBinSalman, is a menace to all human kind, he plays the greedy Trump administration for the fools they are!
Good
rRealNeilNash I don't think his approval was needed
Great !
I'm sure Jared Kushner was involved.
angel_leigh
How shocking... They've got him right where they want him
OversightDems
jn3sdruMmr What other secrets are they giving away?
Western countries will create another rogue state if they give nuclear tech to middle East countries who are ruled by dictators/rulers.
This should turn out well 🙄
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The word 'secret' implies that the person who who wrote this is 'stupid' .
Ask Mike Flynn
This is alarming
Doesn't sound very secret now does it
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