Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup March 29, 2017

Nuclear Roundup March 29, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. Iran Nuclear Deal How the Nuclear Deal Has Reconfigured Iran’s Political Landscape http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/21680/how-the-nuclear-deal-has-reconfigured-iran-s-political-landscape Nikki Haley Slams the Iran Deal, Says It ‘Empowered’ Iran and Russia http://freebeacon.com/national-security/nikki-haley-slams-the-iran-deal-says-it-empowered-iran-and-russia/ Russia and Iran's Marriage of Convenience https://www.stratfor.com/geopolitical-diary/russia-and-irans-marriage-convenience United States Q&A: Moniz looks to get U.S. nuclear scientists more engaged with China and Russia http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/qa-moniz-looks-get-us-nuclear-jocks-more-engaged-china-and-russia Air Force B-2 to Get New Digital Nuclear Weapons & Air-Ground Missiles http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1641631-pilot-intv-inside-attack-missions-b-2-bomber UN's proposed nuclear weapons ban 'unrealistic,' US general tells Congress http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/03/28/uns-proposed-nuclear-weapons-ban-unrealistic-us-general-tells-congress.html House Armed Services Committee Hearing: MILITARY ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN EUROPE Witness: General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commander, United States European Command https://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/military-assessment-russian-activities-and-security-challenges-europe Decades-old war over Yucca Mountain nuclear dump resumes under Trump budget plan http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-na-yucca-revival-20170329-story.html Toshiba’s Nuclear Unit Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy Protection http://fortune.com/2017/03/29/toshiba-westinghouse-bankruptcy-filing/ ORAU welcomes four new directors to its board http://oakridgetoday.com/2017/03/28/orau-welcomes-four-new-directors-to-its-board/ Guest column: US interest requires Oak Ridge http://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/03/26/guest-column-us-interest-requires-oak-ridge/99509766/ More nuclear shipments to Savannah River Site likely, report says http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/more-nuclear-shipments-to-savannah-river-site-likely-report-says/article_4a380b86-13db-11e7-87c8-c3869ab88afe.html International North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: New Activity at the North Portal http://38north.org/2017/03/punggye032817/ Continued Activity at Key Plutonium Production Facilities at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Complex; Purpose Unclear http://38north.org/2017/03/yongbyon032817/ N. Korean nuclear test may be imminent: 38 North http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/03/29 Nuke Testing 101: How, and why, North Korea tests its bombs http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/03/29/nuke-testing-101-how-and-why-north-korea-tests-its-bombs.html Woolsey/Pry: How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/defense/326094-how-north-korea-could-kill-up-to-90-percent-of-americans-at-any Trump's North Korea Policy: Is It Different from Obama's? http://www.voanews.com/a/donald-trump-north-korea-policy-different-barack-obama/3785792.html Negotiated Compromise with North Korea is Better than Status Quo http://www.ippreview.com/index.php/Blog/single/id/386.html Trump and the nuclear threat from North Korea https://www.ft.com/content/ee00c7cf-e008-478e-8048-ee48b6497fd9 Responsible North Korea negotiations haven’t been tried https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/responsible-north-korea-negotiations-havent-been-tried/2017/03/28/1a5dc880-1334-11e7-bb16-269934184168_story.html?utm_term=.ae40da2ad8bc America’s hidden role in Chinese weapons research http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2082738/americas-hidden-role-chinese-weapons-research US dismisses claim it is capable of launching 'surprise nuclear missile strike against Russia' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/us-surprise-nuclear-strike-russia-weapons-arms-race-viktor-poznikhir-general-staff-anti-ballistic-a7655481.html Is Russia Building a Nuclear-Powered Supercarrier? http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/is-russia-building-a-nuclear-powered-supercarrier/ How this country went from nuclear problem child to role model http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/28/nuclear-nonproliferation-lessons-from-myanmar.html General Interest Sen. Dorgan: The US and Russia Should Never Have Stopped Cooperating to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/03/us-and-russia-should-never-have-stopped-cooperating-prevent-nuclear-terrorism/136510/?oref=DefenseOneTCO NASA Wants To Stop Buying Russian Plutonium http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/28/nasa-wants-to-stop-buying-russian-plutonium/ 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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