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Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup February 23, 2017



Nuclear Roundup
February 23, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

United States

GOP congressman says nuclear bomb could be smuggled in a ‘bale of marijuana.’ Don’t laugh too hard.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/22/gop-rep-says-a-nuclear-bomb-could-cross-the-border-in-a-bale-of-marijuana-dont-laugh-too-hard/?utm_term=.7e3c301b1134

Plutonium Remains a Hot Topic, But Rocky Flats Museum Still Out in the Cold

http://www.westword.com/news/plutonium-remains-a-hot-topic-but-rocky-flats-museum-still-out-in-the-cold-8823387

Reviving Cold War Doomsday Devices Could Patch America’s Broken Nuclear Controls

https://warisboring.com/reviving-cold-war-doomsday-devices-could-patch-americas-broken-nuclear-controls-f2c568735fce#.tu3b9pg4n

International

Julie Bishop meets with US officials over North Korea’s increasingly provocative behavior

http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/julie-bishop-meets-with-us-officials-over-north-koreas-increasingly-provocative-behaviour/news-story/13790471cd8fd5f2a541959f5f730730

US again presses China to get tough with North Korea

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/US-again-presses-China-to-get-tough-with-North-Korea

North Korea says China 'dancing to the tune of the US'

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39067908

China Rattles the Nuclear Saber

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/china-rattles-the-nuclear-saber-19536

Aziz sounds alarm over ‘nuclearisation’ of Indian Ocean

http://www.dawn.com/news/1314296

The Importance of Bilateral U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation During Times of Political Turbulence

http://www.nti.org/analysis/atomic-pulse/importance-bilateral-us-russian-nuclear-cooperation-during-times-political-turbulence/

NTI/CENESS Report Released: Pathways To Cooperation

http://www.nti.org/media/documents/Pathways_to_Cooperation_FINAL.pdf

Russia to Arm 90 Percent of Strategic Nuclear Forces With Modern Weaponry by 2020

http://thediplomat.com/2017/02/russia-to-arm-90-percent-of-strategic-nuclear-forces-with-modern-weaponry-by-2020/

General Interest

Sig Hecker To Address Nuclear North Korea, Moderated By Valerie Plame Thursday

http://www.ladailypost.com/content/sig-hecker-address-nuclear-north-korea-moderated-valerie-plame-thursday

3D Printing: The Future of Missile Production and Proliferation?

http://www.nti.org/newsroom/news/3d-printing-future-missile-production-and-proliferation/

Carlson: Nuclear-Weapon States Must Join the Nuclear Weapons Ban Negotiations

http://www.nti.org/analysis/atomic-pulse/nuclear-weapon-states-must-join-nuclear-weapons-ban-negotiations/

Disarmament while the chance remains

http://thebulletin.org/can-treaty-banning-nuclear-weapons-speed-their-abolition/disarmament-while-chance-remains


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