Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup April 24, 2017

Nuclear Roundup April 24, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. Iran Nuclear Deal Iran Says Trump Looking For Excuse To End Nuclear Deal http://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-nuclear-deal-excuse-end/28446897.html Asking for Trouble on Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/opinion/asking-for-trouble-on-iran.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170424&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y The facile claim that Obama’s Iran negotiator was ‘the architect of the North Korean nuclear deal’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/24/the-facile-claim-that-the-iran-negotiator-was-the-architect-of-the-north-korean-nuclear-deal/?utm_term=.5cb34b1e6b9d Obama’s hidden Iran deal giveaway http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/24/obama-iran-nuclear-deal-prisoner-release-236966 Krauthammer’s Take: Obama ‘Caved’ on Inspections, Now Iran Is Developing a Nuclear Weapon http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/446969/obama-iran-nuclear-deal-allows-regime-develop-weapon U.S. Official Who Helped Broker Iran Nuclear Deal Demoted, Reassigned https://www.rferl.org/a/us-official-nowrouzzadeh-helped-broker-iran-nuclear-deal-demoted-reassigned-state-department-/28445520.html United States With nuclear warheads showing their age, Perry faces major test http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/With-nuclear-warheads-showing-their-age-Perry-11092128.php Kelly: Trump will face nuclear North Korea in this term http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/330107-kelly-trump-will-deal-with-nuclear-north-korea-before-his-second-term How prepared are we for a nuclear blast? Drills this week aim to find out http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/04/post_893.html LANL reports fire at plutonium facility https://www.abqjournal.com/991580/lanl-reports-fire-at-plutonium-facility.html GOP Lawmakers Pushing for Nuclear Waste Facility in Nevada http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/gop-lawmakers-push-nuclear-waste-yucca-nevada#sthash.3o1r8m1N.dpuf International China’s Leader Urges Restraint on North Korea in Call with Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/world/asia/north-korea-trump-china-xi-jinping.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170424&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y&_r=0 UK freezes assets of North Korean company based in south London https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/23/uk-freezes-assets-of-north-korean-company-in-south-london-insurance-nuclear-weapons Of course North Korea wants nukes. We should learn to live with it http://www.smh.com.au/comment/of-course-north-korea-wants-nukes-we-should-learn-to-live-with-it-20170423-gvqkbs.html A new Cuban missile crisis in North Korea? Nonsense http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2017/04/24/A-new-Cuban-missile-crisis-in-North-Korea-Nonsense/7171492790066/ Japanese demand for nuclear shelters, purifiers surges as North Korea tension mounts http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-japan-shelter-idUSKBN17Q0U6 Russia violated our nuclear arms treaty. Here's how we respond. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/329943-russia-violated-our-nuclear-arms-treaty-heres-how-we Theresa May would fire UK’s nuclear weapons as a ‘first strike’, says Defence Secretary Michael Fallon http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-nuclear-weapons-first-strike-michael-fallon-general-election-jeremy-corbyn-trident-a7698621.html Vice-president Hamid Ansari leaves for Armenia-Poland trip to discuss India's NSG bid http://www.firstpost.com/world/vice-president-hamid-ansari-leaves-for-armenia-poland-to-discuss-nsg-bid-3401498.html China Deploys Floating Nuclear Power Plant to South China Sea https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10253/china-floating-nuclear-reactor Journey deep into the Finnish caverns where nuclear waste will be buried for millennia http://www.wired.co.uk/article/olkiluoto-island-finland-nuclear-waste-onkalo General Interest NUCLEAR LEARNING http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1203064/nuclear-learning/ How the Korean War Saved the World From Nuclear Annihilation http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-the-korean-war-saved-the-world-nuclear-annihilation-20321 A brief history of nuclear near-misses – video https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2017/apr/24/a-brief-history-of-nuclear-near-misses-video 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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