Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup May 9,2017

Nuclear Roundup May 9, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. United States Today's Defense Department Lacks Nuclear Weapons Expertise http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/todays-defense-department-lacks-nuclear-weapons-expertise/ Nuclear-safety concerns linger at Westinghouse plant http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article149368179.html Nuclear Concerns Have Sacramento Man In Spotlight http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/05/09/nuclear-concerns-have-sacramento-man-in-spotlight/ International Trump reportedly open to meeting Kim Jong Un in U.S. if North Korea abandons nuclear weapons program http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/09/world/politics N. Korean Officials Meet U.S. Experts in Oslo http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea China holds key to North Korea's nukes https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/08/china-holds-key-north-korea-nukes-editorials-debates/101276540/ A third nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/05/09 North Korea doesn't want war — Trump needs to negotiate http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/332402-despite-nuclear-program-north-korea-doesnt-want-war-trump Yes, we do have a way to deal with North Korea http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/05/09/north-korea-nuclear-program-sanctions-iran-000432 North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Are No Laughing Matter http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/08/north-koreas-nuclear-ambitions-are-no-laughing-matter/ North Korea's mystery islands: Man-made keys could be new nuclear launch sites http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/08/north-koreas-mystery-islands-man-made-keys-could-be-new-nuclear-launch-sites.html UAE Completes Construction Of First Nuclear Reactor In The Arab World http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/UAE-Completes-Construction-Of-First-Nuclear-Reactor-In-The-Arab-World.html Dismantling nuclear: German power firms sell new skills http://www.reuters.com/article/us-toshiba-accounting-nuclearpower-decom-idUSKBN1850GP General Interest Deputy Secretary General discusses arms control in Vienna http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_143495.htm?selectedLocale=en Giving Up Nuclear Weapons: It's Rare, But It's Happened http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/05/08/526078459/giving-up-nuclear-weapons-its-rare-but-its-happened Plutonium research to aid nuclear cleanup techniques http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/05/08/Plutonium-research-to-aid-nuclear-cleanup-techniques/7961494266901/ Interview with Lisbeth Gronlund, UCS:  Close Calls, Hair-Trigger Systems, Faulty Missile Interceptors: Nuclear Security Then & Now http://nhpr.org/post/close-calls-hair-trigger-systems-faulty-missile-interceptors-nuclear-security-then-now 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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