Bulleting of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup February 16, 2017

Nuclear Roundup February 16, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. Iran Nuclear Deal Trump to Netanyahu: Iran will never get nuclear weapon http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/donald-trump-to-benjamin-netanyahu-iran-will-never-get-nuclear-weapon/articleshow/57178430.cms WHY TRUMP CAN'T KEEP HIS PROMISE OF NO NUCLEAR IRAN 'EVER' http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-News/Why-Trump-cant-keep-his-promise-of-no-nuclear-Iran-ever-481758 Why Trump and Netanyahu might keep Iran nuclear deal after all http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/319628-why-trump-and-netanyahu-might-keep-iran-nuclear-deal-after S. Korea urges Iran's compliance with nuclear deal following missile test http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2017/02/16/0301000000AEN20170216007900315.html United States Trump Inherits Nuclear Budget Time Bomb https://www.armscontrol.org/blog/2017-02-15/trump-inherits-nuclear-budget-time-bomb New CRS Report:  U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL33640.pdf Lab responds to critical report of safety practices http://www.lamonitor.com/content/lab-responds-critical-report-safety-practices Duke Energy gives Channel 9 tour of McGuire Nuclear Station http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/duke-energy-gives-channel-9-tour-of-mcguire-nuclear-station/494549866 International Should we really be so afraid of a nuclear North Korea? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/north-korea-nuclear-bomb-war-south-atomic-ballistic-missile-test-a7578016.html Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. to discuss N.K. nukes in Germany http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2017/02/16/0401000000AEN20170216003000315.html China mulls joining U.N. talks on treaty to ban nuclear weapons http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/16/asia-pacific/china-mulls-joining-u-n-talks-treaty-ban-nuclear-weapons/#.WKXCilUrLct This is the ground-launched cruise missile that Russia has reportedly just deployed https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/02/15/this-is-the-ground-launched-cruise-missile-that-russia-has-reportedly-just-deployed/?utm_campaign=EBB%202.16.17&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_term=.4d7439779f4b Moscow Issues its First Nuclear Challenge to Trump http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/02/16/moscow_issues_its_first_nuclear_challenge_to_trump_110821.html The RS-28 Sarmat and the Future U.S. Nuclear Modernization http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/02/16/the_rs-28_sarmat_and_the_future_us_nuclear_triad_110820.html Admiral Lord West: Can Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump friendship prevent a new nuclear build-up? http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/admiral-lord-west-can-vladimir-putin-and-donald-trump-friendship-prevent-a-new-nuclear-buildup-a3468571.html An open letter to Trump and Putin: The world needs Nuclear Zero http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/homeland-security/319740-an-open-letter-to-trump-and-putin-the-world-needs UK national nuclear archive opens in Scotland http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-UK-national-nuclear-archive-opens-1502174.html Logic Meltdown: Turnbull Government Won’t Participate In Negotiations To Ban Nuclear Weapons https://newmatilda.com/2017/02/17/courage-meltdown-turnbull-government-wont-participate-in-negotiations-to-ban-nuclear-weapons/ Webinar on Medical Preparedness and Response for Nuclear or Radiological Emergencies https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/webinar-on-medical-preparedness-and-response-for-nuclear-or-radiological-emergencies General Interest SMR Smart - Small Modular Reactors Are The Wave Of Nuclear's Future http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2017/02/16/smr-smart-small-modular-reactors-are-the-wave-of-nuclears-future/#4979172e131a One Job the Robots Can Have: Cleaning Nuclear Waste https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-16/one-job-the-robots-can-have-cleaning-nuclear-waste Nuclear Weapons Don’t Belong in Anyone’s Hands https://www.thenation.com/article/nuclear-weapons-dont-belong-in-anyones-hands/ Standing With the Nonwhite World to Ban Nuclear Weapons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/standing-with-the-nonwhite-world-to-ban-nuclear-weapons_us_58a502a9e4b0fa149f9ac184   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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