Posted on 03/28/2019 5:42:10 PM PDT by tkocur
The US has approved the sale of nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia, the Reuters news agency reported on Thursday. Reuters says US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has allowed companies to sell know-how to the desert kingdom as part of a hoped-for broader deal
Citing a copy of a document it had seen, the global news outlet said US Energy Secretary Rick Perry had granted six secret authorizations to companies to sell the know-how to the desert kingdom as part of a hoped-for broader deal on nuclear power.
Reuters said that the US was looking to build at least two nuclear plants and that Russia and South Korea were also vying for the project. An announcement on the winning bid was to be made later this year, it said.
Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
The US has approved the sale of nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia, the Reuters news agency reported on Thursday.
Citing a copy of a document it had seen, the global news outlet said US Energy Secretary Rick Perry had granted six secret authorizations to companies to sell the know-how to the desert kingdom as part of a hoped-for broader deal on nuclear power.
Reuters said that the US was looking to build at least two nuclear plants and that Russia and South Korea were also vying for the project. An announcement on the winning bid was to be made later this year, it said.
Quoting a source that declined to be named, the agency said Perry’s approvals enable companies to conduct preliminary work on nuclear power before a deal is signed, but that no equipment that could be used in a nuclear plant would be delivered.
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Depends on the type of reactor. Certainly not a breeder reactor.
Enviro whackos and the Nuclear Regulatory Agency will demand engineering changes after it has been partially built, costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
Why are we giving technology to cavemen with oil?
Because Trump let an Islamist be in charge of something important.
Fools
“said US Energy Secretary Rick Perry had granted six secret authorizations to companies to sell the know-how to the desert kingdom”
GOOD GOD. They are swimming in oil, and are an islamic feudal absolute monarchy that attacked us 18 years ago. WHAT THE HELL is that jackass Perry doing?
First the moron imports every moslem and Californian he can find into Texas, and now... he wants to give nukes to Saudi Arabia.
I know that this is gonna be a shock, but their Prince the repubs are so enamored with might be dead or deposed at any moment. Certainly in a few years. Why the F would you give them nukes.
GOD in HEAVEN...I hate the republican party. They are supposed to stand for America. Whores...whores that are exactly like Lenin said. Selling the rope that will be used to hang them.
“Do note that if they didn’t get it from US, they would get it from Russia or South Korea. Or, likely, the French. So they’d get the tech anyway.”
Bullsquirt. Tell them if they obtain nukes ANYWHERE, we will freeze every asset they have in America, sell them no F-15s etc. Make it very damned clear that the US military that is all that stands between them and oblivion will be gone.
“Kill switches” sure LOL. We are giving nukes to a nation that is the leading sponsor of terrorism on earth. Iran is a close second.
Utter insanity. And Saudi Arabia was a primary sponsor of ISIS.
FYI, the Saudi oil fields are slowly watering out. They will be largely out of the oil business by the end of this century.
Then they will buy from the French. They just bought Rafales instead of US aircraft in the last round.
That’s cool. Rafaels are a joke compared to what we can make sure the Israelis have.
Sure are a lotta fan boys for the lazy treacherous sand people here.
By the way, that by that logic of “someone else will sell it to them if we don’t”, you can justify selling anything from dope on the street corner, to nukes a sunni despot. Hell, why not throw in some cattle prods and whips they can use to torture people too? After all, if we don’t let Tractor Supply sell them to the camel jockeys, some European company will.
They are the enemy, and at this point are barely manageable. But they are -far- from trustworthy.
Pssst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_in_Saudi_Arabia
Saudi Arabia has no fuel production facilities and would be reliant on nuclear fuel from the global market. In 2010, a deal was signed with Toshiba and Shaw to build reactors in Saudi Arabia, and with Exelon to manage the nuclear facilities. The group will either be using the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor or Westinghouse’s AP1000.[3]
In February 2011, Saudi Arabia signed its first nuclear accord with France, a leader in nuclear technology exports.[6] It is expected that Saudi Arabia will build a number of nuclear reactors in the near future with the aid of France to expand King Abdullah’s Atomic and Renewable Energy City devoted to research and the peaceful application of nuclear energy.[7][8]
In March 2015, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Saudi Arabia and South Korea. This could lead to the construction of at least two South Korean-designed SMART reactors in Saudi Arabia.[9] SMART stands for System-integrated Modular Advanced ReacTor.[10]
Other people already HAVE sold them nuclear reactors. They aren’t American designs, they don’t use American/Canadian fuel systems and they don’t have American controls.
This makes Me say WTF ! OVER !?!?
AND Rick Perry, formerly the Governor of Texas is the head of Our DOE ???
tell the saudis to overturn iran or stop kissing them and holding their hands
You do know Saudi Arabia and Israel have been chummy the last 5 years or so and very openly in the last 12 months.
Haven’t kept up with Rick Perry. Had hoped he would be a great addition to Trump’s team. Really sorry to hear otherwise.
“You do know Saudi Arabia and Israel have been chummy the last 5 years or so and very openly in the last 12 months.”
Ah, that does give some hope.
I know they hate Iran, that was my point. Do you know your misread it.
For mother ####ers that donate to terrorists by the billions and were at the LEAST partially responsible for 3000 American deaths.
Don’t anyone respond to me because my response will get me kicked off of here.
Hey it was NY so who gives a #### right?!! :)
No bad. France or America.
America won this round.
Then they will buy from the French. They just bought Rafales instead of US aircraft in the last round.
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yes, Rafales and UK’s Eurofighter Typhoons.
Lol. I used to argue with a Europhile Freeper who whinged about the mega defense deal Trump government signed with Saudi Arabia.
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