By Timothy Gardner
2026年3月18日 美国东部时间下午6:57 更新于1小时前
[美国佛罗里达州多拉市，2026年3月7日]美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥(Marco Rubio)出席在特朗普国家多拉迈阿密度假村举行的美洲盾牌峰会工作午餐会。Rebecca Blackwell/ Pool via REUTERS（获取使用授权，新标签页打开）
华盛顿，3月18日（路透社）- 美国十几名民主党议员周三敦促国务卿马尔科·卢比奥在与沙特阿拉伯关于分享核电技术的任何协议中，推动建立”黄金标准”的防扩散保护措施。
共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)政府在11月向部分国会委员会领导人提交的初步报告中称，正在与沙特阿拉伯达成一项民用核协议，但未包含美国长期以来称能确保沙特不发展核武器的防扩散保障措施。
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许多民主党人和一些共和党人，包括卢比奥在参议院任职期间，一直坚持任何协议都必须包含”护栏”措施，包括沙特阿拉伯不得浓缩铀或后处理乏核燃料——这些是发展核武器的潜在途径。
特朗普政府向国会提交的报告称，美沙123协议草案将美国工业置于沙特民用核发展的核心地位，确保防扩散保障措施到位。
但该协议为沙特的铀浓缩活动打开了大门，因为它提到”针对美沙之间潜在核合作最敏感领域（包括浓缩和后处理）的额外保障和核查措施”。
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“我们敦促你立即重新考虑这些计划，并寻求一项符合’黄金标准’的协议，这与两党在此问题上的长期共识一致。”包括马萨诸塞州参议员埃德·马基(Ed Markey)和俄勒冈州参议员杰夫·默克利(Jeff Merkley)在内的议员们在给卢比奥的信中表示。
美国国务院未立即回应置评请求。
沙特阿拉伯实际上的统治者、王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼(Mohammed bin Salman)曾表示，如果地区对手伊朗发展核武器，沙特将寻求发展核武器。
特朗普政府可能很快向国会提交123协议，但由于伊朗核计划引发的战争，提交时机尚不清楚。除非参议院和美国众议院在协议提交后90天内通过反对该协议的决议，否则沙特阿拉伯将被允许开展民用核项目。
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US lawmakers urge Rubio to seek tough standards in any Saudi nuclear power pact
By Timothy Gardner
March 18, 2026 6:57 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami, in Doral, Florida, U.S., March 7, 2026. Rebecca Blackwell/Pool via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – A dozen Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to push for “gold standard” non-proliferation protections in any agreement with Saudi Arabia on sharing nuclear power technology.
The administration of Republican President Donald Trump told leaders of some congressional committees in November in an initial report that it is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said would ensure the kingdom does not develop nuclear weapons.
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Many Democrats and some Republicans, including Rubio when he served in the Senate, have insisted that any agreement include guardrails, including that Saudi Arabia not enrich uranium or reprocess spent nuclear fuel, potential pathways to weapons.
Trump’s report to Congress said that a draft U.S.-Saudi pact, known as a 123 Agreement, puts the U.S. industry at the heart of Saudi civil nuclear development, ensuring non-proliferation safeguards are in place.
But it opens the way for Saudi Arabian enrichment as it refers to “additional safeguards and verification measures to the most sensitive areas of potential nuclear cooperation” between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, including enrichment and reprocessing.
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“We urge you to immediately reconsider these plans and seek an agreement that meets the ‘gold standard,’ consistent with the
longstanding bipartisan consensus on this issue,” the lawmakers, including U.S. Senators Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, said in a letter to Rubio.
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, has said the kingdom would seek to develop nuclear weapons if regional rival Iran did so.
The Trump administration could soon submit a 123 Agreement to Congress, though the timing is unclear with the war with Iran over its nuclear program. Unless both the Senate and the U.S. House pass resolutions opposing the agreement within 90 days after submission, it would allow Saudi Arabia a civil nuclear program.
Reporting by Timothy Gardner in Washington; Editing by Bill Berkrot
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