Resolving this issue stands in the way of a U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreement:
Washington usually requires a country to sign a pact that blocks it from making nuclear fuel which has potential bomb-making applications.
In previous talks Saudi Arabia has refused to sign up to any agreement that would deprive it of the possibility of one day enriching uranium itself.
So a close ally who we sell advanced weapons to and pledge to defend won't be allowed to enrich uranium.
But the Obama nuclear deal with nutball enemy Iran allows Iran to enrich uranium.
Got it.
This nuance stuff continues to elude my Neanderthal grasp.
UPDATE: To be clear, I'm not saying it is a good idea to help Saudi Arabia to go nuclear--although our involvement will allow for better controls than having Saudi Arabia turn to others less interested in limiting the scope of nuclear progress.
I'm saying that the Iran deal was horrible on this enrichment issue (as well as the entire deal being bad for America, I'll repeat).
