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INSANE: Saudi arabia says it plans tougher iaea checks on its nuclear activities - The Real Truth

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of its headquarters in Vienna. © Heinz-Peter Bader / AP

Saudi Arabia has said that it has decided to end light-touch oversight of its nuclear activities by the UN atomic watchdog and switch to full-blown safeguards, a change the agency has been demanding for years.

Saudi Arabia has a nascent nuclear programme that it wants to expand to eventually include activities like proliferation-sensitive uranium enrichment.

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