Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup May 31, 2017

Nuclear Roundup May 31, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. Iran Nuclear Deal New ISIS Report: Is Iran Mass Producing Advanced Centrifuges? http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/is-iran-mass-producing-advanced-centrifuges/ Is Trump All Talk on Iran? http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448120/trump-iran-tough-talk-little-action-obama-nuclear-deal-boeing-business United States Today the US will test whether it can stop a nuclear missile attack https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/30/15713966/ballistic-missile-attack-department-of-defense-pentagon-north-korea This successful nuclear missile defense test doesn't mean the US is safe from nuclear attacks http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/this-successful-nuclear-missile-defense-test-doesnt-mean-the-us-is-safe-from-nuclear-attacks/article/2624494 What You Should Know about the Upcoming GMD Missile Defense Test: Part 2 http://allthingsnuclear.org/lgrego/2017-gmd-test-part-2 U.S. and Canada Hold First Joint Nuclear Forensics Exercise https://www.dhs.gov/blog/2017/05/30/us-and-canada-hold-first-joint-nuclear-forensics-exercise What has Rick Perry been doing? https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060055326 International South Korea Leader Orders Investigation Into Unreported U.S. Launchers https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/world/asia/north-korea-missile-test-progress.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170531&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y&_r=0 Pentagon Says Has Been ‘Transparent’ With S. Korea on Missile Defenses http://www.reuters.com/article/northkorea-missiles-pentagon-idUSL1N1IW0YX Thinking the Unthinkable with North Korea https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/opinion/north-korea-nuclear-crisis-donald-trump.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0 A New Balance of Terror: Why North Korea Clings to its Nukes https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/a-new-balance-of-terror-why-north-korea-clings-to-its-nukes/2017/05/31/231d979c-45b7-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html?utm_term=.5a4a7bb66592 US envoy: US believes China is trying to stop NKorea tests http://www.startribune.com/us-envoy-us-believes-china-is-trying-to-stop-nkorea-tests/425369393/ North Korea Says Missile Landed Within 23 Feet of Target: ‘Scary News for the U.S.’ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-north-korea-missile-test-20170530-story.html Coyle: Expert: Missile Defense Test Result is No Reason to Expand Program https://armscontrolcenter.org/expert-missile-defense-test-result-no-reason-expand-program/ North Korea’s Missile Tests: By the Numbers http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/29/asia/north-korea-missile-tests/ Averting the ticking time bomb of nukes in North Korea http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/335625-averting-the-ticking-time-bomb-of-nukes-in-north-korea Why a North Korean Hydrogen Bomb Could Be Asia's Next Nightmare http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-north-korean-hydrogen-bomb-could-be-asias-next-nightmare-20905 NORTH KOREA’S SEA-BASED NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES: AN EVOLVING THREAT http://cimsec.org/north-koreas-sea-based-nuclear-capabilities-evolving-threat/32647 Analysts Sound New Alarms on North Korea Missile Threat https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10432/north-korea-missile-threat Commercial plutonium a bomb material http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/05/31/commentary/world-commentary/commercial-plutonium-bomb-material/#.WS7TMfnytrQ RUSSIA CONFLICT WITH NATO AND U.S. WOULD IMMEDIATELY RESULT IN NUCLEAR WAR, RUSSIAN LAWMAKER WARNS http://www.newsweek.com/russia-politician-nuclear-weapons-us-nato-crimea-617613 Toshiba's future imperiled by shaky ethics, nuclear fiascos http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/toshibas-future-imperiled-shaky-ethics-nuclear-fiascos-47739587 General Interest Nuclear war could come with a flub, not a bang http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/05/31/commentary/world-commentary/nuclear-war-come-flub-not-bang/#.WS7PRvnytrQ The global reach of Argonne’s nuclear security training team http://www.anl.gov/articles/global-reach-argonne-s-nuclear-security-training-team?utm_source=Argonne+Today LOL At EMPs? Science Report Tackles Likelihood Of A North Korea Nuclear Capability http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2017/05/30/530262884/lol-at-emps-science-report-tackles-likelihood-of-a-north-korea-nuclear-capabilit Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Moscow ends, May 31, 1988 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/reagan-gorbachev-summit-in-moscow-ends-may-31-1988-238938 Neutron lifetime measurements take new shape for in situ detection https://phys.org/news/2017-05-neutron-lifetime-situ.html 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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