riyadh saudi arabia forfeit sovereign right one day enrich uranium plan civilian nuclear program especially world power allow iran senior saudi royal tell reuters former intelligence chief prince turki al-faisal comment reinforce riyadh stance likely sensitive issue talk saudi arabia unite state agreement help kingdom develop atomic energy riyadh aim start talk unite state within weeks civilian nuclear cooperation pact essential u.s. firm bid multi-billion-dollar tender next year build saudi arabia first two nuclear reactors reactors part wide program produce electricity atomic energy kingdom export crude oil riyadh say want nuclear technology peaceful use leave unclear whether also want enrich uranium produce nuclear fuel process also use production atomic weapons u.s. company usually transfer nuclear technology another country unite state sign agreement country rule domestic uranium enrichment preprocessing spend nuclear fuel step military use sovereign issue look agreement p5+1 iran specifically allow iran enrich prince turki hold government office remain influential say interview tuesday riyadh refer six countries unite state russia china britain france germany reach deal tehran 2015 economic sanction iran lift return islamic republic curb nuclear energy program world community support nuclear deal p5+1 iran tell iran enrich although npt global non-proliferation treaty tell us enrich prince turki senior royal family member former ambassador washington say kingdom point view right members npt include iran self-sufficiency dual technology heart western regional concern nuclear work iran saudi arabia regional rival worry help lead 2015 deal allow iran enrich uranium around normal level need commercial power production atomic reactors need uranium enrich around five percent purity technology also use enrich heavy metal high weapons-grade level saudi arabia plan build 17.6 gigawatts gw nuclear capacity 2032 equivalent around 16 reactors riyadh previously say want tap uranium resources self-sufficiency produce nuclear fuel energy minister khalid al-falih tell reuters wednesday say large resources explore promise saudi arabia would like localize industry long-term prince turki say way stop uranium enrichment would establish nuclear weapons-free zone middle east longstanding idea back u.n. nuclear assembly go happen overnight set time scale negotiations include regional discussions prospective members zone issue nuclear achieve peace middle east israel palestine say saudi arabia forfeit 'sovereign right enrich uranium senior prince