Nuclear

Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 2:34am

Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 7:20am

US President Donald Trump met Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Bin Salman.

In short:

The US and Saudi Arabia have a new deal on nuclear power.

Some US politicians and Israeli officials are worried about this deal.

What's next?

The deal will be sent to Congress soon.

The US and Saudi Arabia agreed on a deal for nuclear power.

The US and Saudi Arabia have been working on this deal for years.

This deal does not include special inspections like the Biden plan did.

Saudi Arabia can now make uranium and deal with nuclear waste.

The UAE did not get these rights in their deal with the US.

Marco Rubio does not think this deal will lead to more nuclear weapons.

The US Department of Energy announced the deal on Thursday.

The US and Saudi Arabia signed a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement.

This deal is important for the US and Saudi Arabia's economies and strategies.

The deal will last 30 years and US companies will be involved.

The US nuclear industry will get billions of dollars from this deal.

The deal will be sent to Congress, where it might face opposition.

The US says this deal follows strong nonproliferation rules.

Saudi Arabia might have worked with China or Russia if not with the US.

The US is currently fighting with Iran over its nuclear program.

Many US politicians and Israeli officials are against this deal.

Some Democrats think this deal could start an arms race in the Middle East.

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