White House May Relax 123 Rules for Westinghouse Saudi Nuclear Deal | Neutron Bytes

White House May Relax 123 Rules for Westinghouse Saudi Nuclear Deal | Neutron Bytes: The U.S. government is pursuing an effort to promote the sale of Westinghouse 1150 MW AP1000 nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act requires a bilateral agreement with any country that wants U.S. nuclear technology exports. The U.S. has insisted that countries signing such agreements set aside any plans for…