Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup April 17, 2017

Nuclear Roundup April 17, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. United States Here's how Trump launches a nuclear weapon https://www.axios.com/can-trump-actually-press-a-nuclear-button-2361497788.html NNSA, Air Force complete first B61-12 Life Extension Program qualification flight test at Tonopah Test Range https://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/nnsa-air-force-complete-first-b61-12-life-extension-program-qualification How do you lead a government agency you once said should be abolished? http://wesa.fm/post/how-do-you-lead-government-agency-you-once-said-should-be-abolished#stream/0 Dawn of the nuclear age http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/vr/nuclear-bomb-trinity-test-vr/ The bunker-busting nuclear bomb that almost was http://www.popsci.com/nuclear-bunker-buster#page-3 How Weapons of Mass Destruction Became 'Red Lines' for America https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/04/america-trump-kennedy-syria-atomic-war/523092/ Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Who Is Kristine Svinicki? http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/chairman-of-the-nuclear-regulatory-commission-who-is-kristine-svinicki-170416?news=860146 International North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/world/asia/north-korea-missiles-pyongyang-kim-jong-un.html?_r=0 N. Korea didn’t test a nuclear weapon, but it did try to launch another missile https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/n-korea-didnt-test-a-nuclear-weapon-but-its-display-of-military-hardware-wasnt-exactly-good-news/2017/04/15/49944da8-221c-11e7-bcd6-6d1286bc177d_story.html?utm_term=.a43771c26e03 North Korea shows off its weapons technology http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/asia/gallery/north-korea-weapons-display/ Trump administration warns North Korea over nuclear program http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-administration-warns-north-1492362453-htmlstory.html Take a 3D tour of North Korea’s nuclear test site, thanks to open source intelligence http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/15/15311116/north-korea-dprk-nuclear-test-site-punggye-ri-3d-model-cns-nti North Korea Missile Launches, Nuclear Detonations: Timeline https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-16/north-korea-missile-launches-nuclear-detonations-timeline McCain doubts claims US sabotaged North Korea's nuclear test http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mccain-doubts-claims-us-sabotaged-north-koreas-nuclear-test/article/2620413 What Would Happen if North Korea Fired Off a Nuclear Weapon? http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/what-would-happen-if-north-korea-fired-nuclear-weapon-20205 North Korea's push over the years to become a nuclear power http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-north-korea-nuclear-timeline-20170414-htmlstory.html Russia to Develop Nuclear Round for T-14 Main Battle Tank http://thediplomat.com/2017/04/russia-to-develop-nuclear-round-for-t-14-main-battle-tank/ The World's Most Mysterious Nuclear Weapons Program (And Its Not North Korea) http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-worlds-most-mysterious-nuclear-weapons-program-its-not-20198 Indian Nuclear Weapons Are Much More Than Mere Weapons Of Devastation https://swarajyamag.com/defence/indian-nuclear-weapons-are-much-more-than-mere-weapons-of-devastation Nuclear disarmament — the goal that was! http://pakobserver.net/nuclear-disarmament-goal/ President Trump, will you remove US nuclear weapons from Turkey? https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-15/president-trump-will-you-remove-us-nuclear-weapons-turkey NGOs shine at anti-nuclear weapon U.N. conference in New York https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170416/p2a/00m/0na/003000c President Trump’s Loose Talk on North Korea https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/president-trumps-loose-talk-on-north-korea.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170417&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y A ‘Cuban Missile Crisis in Slow Motion’ in North Korea https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/us/politics/north-korea-missile-crisis-slow-motion.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170417&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y Pence Warns North Korea, but He Also Doesn’t Rule Out Talks https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/world/asia/trump-north-korea-nuclear-us-talks.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170417&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y 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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