Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup June 5, 2017

Nuclear Roundup June 5, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. Iran Nuclear Deal Iran honoring nuclear deal but nearing heavy-water limit again: IAEA http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-idUSKBN18T244 Iran Developing Advanced Nuclear Capabilities, Reducing Time to Weapon http://freebeacon.com/national-security/iran-developing-advanced-nuclear-capabilities-heightening-time-weapon/ Iran fears nuclear deal collapse after US climate withdrawal http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/0f31edcf-41be-485b-96aa-bb6f797e3ebd EX-UN ENVOY: TRUMP SHOULD HAVE KEPT PROMISE TO PULL OUT OF IRAN NUKE DEAL http://www.jpost.com/International/Ex-UN-envoy-Once-N-Korea-has-nukes-Iran-could-have-them-next-day-494618 Did Obama seek back-channel talks with Iran during his 2008 campaign? http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/jun/02/kimberley-strassel/did-obama-seek-back-channel-talks-iran-during-his-/ United States Is President Trump setting the stage for a new nuclear arms race? https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/06/03/stealthy-cruise-missile-spurs-worries-amid-trump-call-for-revived-nuclear-arms-race/QlgPJLsn01ru4SaHFuGicM/story.html Trump seeks to spend more on nuclear weapons but buys little added capability https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/05/26/20888/trump-seeks-spend-more-nuclear-weapons-buys-little-added-capability America’s top brass is in Australia to talk counter-terrorism and North Korea strategy with the government http://www.news.com.au/national/americas-top-brass-is-in-australia-to-talk-counterterrorism-and-north-korea-strategy-with-the-government/news-story/64c0822bdf29eaf7064f3e706e2b1e7f Trump budget would decimate DHS's scientific research arm https://www.cyberscoop.com/trump-budget-decimate-dhss-scientific-research-arm/ Let us finish the job [Re: SRS/MOX] http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-04/let-us-finish-job After Trump's Paris exit, what about nuclear? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-paris-exit-nuclear-power/ New York’s plan for nuclear fallout is basically “duck and cover https://qz.com/979520/heres-new-york-citys-sort-of-plan-for-the-nuclear-apocalypse/ The Paris Agreement and the Future of Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts https://www.cato.org/blog/paris-agreement-future-nuclear-nonproliferation-efforts Department of Energy Announces Dr. Thomas Zacharia as Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory https://energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-dr-thomas-zacharia-director-oak-ridge-national-laboratory Strobe Talbott: The Full Transcript http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/05/strobe-talbott-brookings-foreign-policy-interview-politico-215226 Questions for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirmation hearings http://thebulletin.org/questions-us-nuclear-regulatory-commission-confirmation-hearings10808 International As US military flexes, North Korea marches toward nuclear capability http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/02/politics/us-north-korea-military-posturing/index.html NORTH KOREA SAYS IT WANTS PEACE, BUT IS READY TO FIGHT THE U.S. WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-peace-fight-us-nuclear-weapons-620258 North Korea Nuclear EMP Attack: An Existential Threat http://38north.org/2017/06/wgraham060217/ Russia's Putin shines sympathetic light on nuclear North Korea http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/06/05/Russias-Putin-shines-sympathetic-light-on-nuclear-North-Korea/7821496668558/ Russia Calls North Korean Nuclear Ambitions 'Direct Threat' https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-north-korea-nuke/3886172.html Tierney: We May Not Be Able to Stop a North Korean Missile https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/we-may-not-be-able-to-stop-a-north-korean-missile.html TELS AND MELS AND TES! OH MY! http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1203304/tels-and-mels-and-tes-oh-my/ India's nuclear-weapon inventory set to increase, says report http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/58966707.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst China Repeats 'No' For Nuclear Group NSG, India Looks To Other Nations http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indias-bid-to-join-nuke-club-nsg-has-become-more-complicated-china-1708056 Training a nuclear-ready workforce http://www.thestar.com.my/news/education/2017/06/04/training-a-nuclearready-workforce/ Jeremy Corbyn heckled by debate audience for refusing to say if he would fire nuclear weapons http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/corbyn-nuclear-weapons-heckled-bbc-question-time-leaders-special-video-a7770446.html Opinion The Truth Behind Israel's Desperate Plan to Set Off a Nuclear Device to Save Itself in 1967 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/six-day-war-50-years/.premium-1.793800 ‘Last Secret’ of 1967 War: Israel’s Doomsday Plan for Nuclear Display https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/world/middleeast/1967-arab-israeli-war-nuclear-warning.html?_r=0 Michael Oren rejects report of Israeli nuclear ‘doomsday’ plan for Six-Day War https://www.jta.org/2017/06/04/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/six-day-war-expert-michael-oren-rejects-nyt-report-of-nuclear-doomsday-plan Apollo's NUMEC allegedly supplied nuclear batteries to Israel in Six Day War http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/12353176-74/apollos-numec-allegedly-supplied-nuclear-batteries-to-israel-in-six-day-war General Interest Ban treaty offers chance for a world free of nuclear arms http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/06/05/commentary/japan-commentary/ban-treaty-offers-chance-world-free-nuclear-arms/#.WTVb0fnytrQ Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. 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