{"id":13921,"date":"2026-07-22T21:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13921"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:29:38","slug":"u-s-reaches-deal-with-saudis-for-nuclear-energy-commercial-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13921","title":{"rendered":"U.S. reaches deal with Saudis for nuclear energy commercial agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reached a commercial agreement for U.S. companies to run nuclear power for the Saudis on Saudi soil for civilian purposes, a regional official familiar with the agreement told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The agreement is expected to be signed Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. The commercial deal would have U.S. companies running, not giving, the Saudi government nuclear power on Saudi soil for the nation&#8217;s use, for purposes like supporting AI data centers and enabling oil sales.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deal may allow the Saudis to enrich their own fuel for nuclear reactors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The corporations involved have not yet been disclosed. Although it&#8217;s a private-sector deal, Congress would need to be consulted. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/trump-approves-landmark-nuclear-deal-with-saudi-arabia-in-big-win-for-kingdom-2ed77584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u00a0was first to report the nuclear deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plan has been in the works for some time. The Biden administration worked toward a civilian nuclear deal with the Saudis as part of a larger normalization of relations with Israel. The plans were delayed by Hamas&#8217; attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2025, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Arabia&#8217;s energy prince signed a joint declaration on the completion of negotiations of a civil nuclear cooperation to bring American nuclear technology to the Saudis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today is a historic day for the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We&#8217;ve come together on a deal for civil nuclear cooperation,&#8221; Wright said at the time. &#8220;Together, with bilateral safeguard agreements, we want to grow our partnership, bring American nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia and keep a firm commitment to nonproliferation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The civilian nuclear deal is likely to irritate Iran, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s archrival, which has long insisted on its right as a signatory of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to maintain a civilian nuclear program. <\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/tucker-reals\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tucker  Reals<\/a> and <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kathryn-watson\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kathryn  Watson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington \u2014 The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reached a commercial agreement for U.S. companies to run nuclear power for the Saudis on Saudi soil for civilian purposes, a regional official familiar with the agreement told CBS News.\u00a0 The agreement is expected to be signed Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. The commercial deal would have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/22\/2b7672c4-57b1-42fe-a3a0-7bcf79768525\/thumbnail\/1200x630g2\/33c60898da1d66ccdab5e2f4eaa5b472\/ap25323658472147.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}