Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup May 17, 2017

Nuclear Roundup May 17, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. Iran Nuclear Deal How the Iranian elections could impact the Iran nuclear deal https://america.cgtn.com/2017/05/16/how-will-the-nuclear-deal-impact-the-iran-nuclear-deal Deadline Approaches For White House Decision On Keeping Iran Deal Alive http://www.npr.org/2017/05/17/528730652/deadline-approaches-for-white-house-decision-on-keeping-iran-deal-alive Iran’s re-engagement with the world at stake in Friday presidential vote http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-idUSKCN18C0YI Iran's Election Will Change Nothing http://time.com/4779904/iran-election-khamenei-nuclear-deal/ United States Why US nuclear sites are a ticking time bomb http://www.nature.com/news/why-us-nuclear-sites-are-a-ticking-time-bomb-1.21998 Monroe: Revamping America’s nuclear posture http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/16/americas-nuclear-posture-needs-to-be-renewed/ Congress and the Administration Must Reassess Failing Missile Defense Programs http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/05/17 Higgins renews concerns over Canadian nuclear waste shipments through NYS http://news.wbfo.org/post/higgins-renews-concerns-over-canadian-nuclear-waste-shipments-through-nys New ISIS Report: U.S. Export Control Reform: Impacts and Implications for Controlling the Export of Proliferation-Sensitive Goods and Technologies, A Policy Document for the New President and Congress http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/u.s.-export-control-reform-impacts-and-implications Contract change looming for another NM national lab http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2017/05/16/contract-change-looming-for-another-national-lab.html The hacking group that leaked NSA secrets claims it has data on foreign nuclear programs https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/05/16/the-hacking-group-that-leaked-the-nsas-secrets-claims-it-has-data-on-foreign-nuclear-programs/?utm_term=.d81343fa7818 International Haley: US will 'tighten the screws' on North Korean nuclear program http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/16/politics/nikki-haley-un-north-korea/ Ambassador Nikki Haley Delivers Remarks before UN Security Council Consultations on DPRK https://usun.state.gov/highlights/7801 US Intelligence Takes Increased North Korean Saber Rattling Seriously http://www.voanews.com/a/us-intelligence-taking-increased-north-korean-saber-rattling-seriously Missile Defense 101: North Korea Could Hit with Little Warning http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/missile-defense-101 'High possibility' of conflict amid missile crisis, says South Korean president http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-north-korea-missile-crisis-1.4119150 Trump and Moon in Harmony for Now http://38north.org/2017/05/lsigal051617/?utm_source North Korea’s Hackers Fund Nuclear, Missile Programs By Stealing From Banks, Others http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-hacking-nuclear-610272 Did North Korea Just Get the Ability to Nuke Seattle? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/16 Dear Trump: The Iran Deal Worked. Apply The Same Approach To North Korea. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-north-korea-nuclear_us Take a lesson from the Cold War to work with North Korea http://www.defensenews.com/articles/robert-haffa?utm_source EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan's Unknown Tunneled Nuclear Weapons Storage Facility Revealed http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/exclusive-pakistans-unknown-tunneled-nuclear-weapons-storage-facility-revealed/298943 'You've got Russia and NK to think about' - the view from Britain's nuclear war town http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39945530/youve-got-russia-and-nk-to-think-about---the-view-from-britains-nuclear-war-town General Interest The fight to rethink (and reinvent) nuclear power https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/5/17/15650406/nuclear-power-university-of-california The worst effects of our nuclear programme are the ones that nobody talks about http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nuclear-war-threat-weapons-us-north-korea-russia-nuclear-testing-worst-thing-a7739131.html What’s next for the nuclear ban treaty? http://www.basicint.org/news/2017/what%E2%80%99s-next-nuclear-ban-treaty Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. Receive this message as a forward? Subscribe to the Nuclear Roundup here.

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