US plans for the possible transfer of nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia are remotely related to the problem of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Since there is no chance that such weapons will be created in the kingdom in the near future, there is no, said Dmitry Evstafyev, HSE professor, in an interview with RT.
“The maximum that can be expected from the Saudis is the possible leakage of nuclear materials and the transfer of spent nuclear fuel, highly toxic, into the hands of terrorist organizations. This is the only serious risk that is worth worrying about, ”the expert stressed.
At the same time, Evstafiev noted that a significant part of the American elite is not sure that Saudi Arabia is capable of ensuring the safety of nuclear materials.
In turn, the Chief Researcher of the Institute of the USA and Canada, Vladimir Batyuk, recalled that the narrow-minded idea that an atomic bomb could be created using a nuclear reactor installed at nuclear power plants does not correspond to reality.
“This is a completely different technology, which has no relation to the peaceful atom,” the expert emphasized.
Moreover, nothing is known about the plans of the Saudis to develop nuclear weapons, the source said. So, to Saudi Arabia there are no complaints – neither from the side of IAEA, nor from the nuclear powers. Although he called it indisputable fact that the kingdom had previously provided financial assistance to Pakistan for the creation of the first „Islamic“ nuclear bomb.
“This accusation against the White House in the transfer of Saudi Arabia’s nuclear technology would sound rather strange, if not for the cold US civil war between the Democratic and Republican parties with Trump at the head. In this situation, any accusations are possible, even those that, from the point of view of common sense, look quite ridiculous, ”he stressed.
