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Good morning. BRITTNEY MELTON UP FIRST NEWSLETTER WRITER NPR Today’s top stories Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The Trump administration has signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that would allow American companies to operate commercial nuclear power plants in the country. American companies will have priority access to supply nuclear reactors and fuel to the Saudi nuclear energy program, according to an administration memo about the agreement seen by NPR. Saudi Arabia cannot reprocess American nuclear material for weapons per the agreement. But the memo lacks the "gold standard" provisions that would prevent the country from using American-built plants to enrich uranium or other nuclear fuel supplied by other countries. The country is also not required to adopt terms that would lead to greater oversight from the International Atomic Energy Agency. 🎧 NPR's Emily Feng tells Up First that the announcement sent...
