Monday, July 3, 2017

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup July 3, 2017

 
Nuclear Roundup
July 3, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

Trump Presses Xi for Help in Addressing ‘Growing Threat’ of North Korea

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/world/asia/trump-xi-jinping-china-north-korea.html?_r=0

Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe Say They Will Increase Pressure on North Korea

http://fortune.com/2017/07/03/trump-abe-north-korea-g20/

The US and China will have to trust each other to stop North Korea

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-south-korea-china-relations-stop-north-korea-2017-6

Can the US defend itself from a missile attack from North Korea?

https://www.ft.com/content/3e2a5a24-5d41-11e7-9bc8-8055f264aa8b

Bruce Klingner and Sue Mi Terry: How to avoid nuclear war with North Korea

http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/othervoices/bruce-klingner-and-sue-mi-terry-how-to-avoid-nuclear/article_2abd0646-7ff0-5181-ab3b-413e4afd97c8.html

Micallef: North Korea’s Nuclear Program: Are We Heading for a Showdown?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-koreas-nuclear-program-are-we-heading-for-a_us_59535ffde4b0326c0a8d0c68

Joseph: The North Korean Nuclear Threat, and How to Address It

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449173/north-korea-nuclear-threat

United States

Up close and personal with a giant Titan nuclear missile

https://www.cnet.com/pictures/up-close-and-personal-with-a-giant-titan-nuclear-missile/

U.S. Trade Group Says No Nuclear Power Plants Have Been Hacked

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-07-01/us-trade-group-says-no-nuclear-power-plants-have-been-hacked

Air Force to "Cyber-Secure" Nuclear Arsenal

http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1725859-can-enemies-hack-us-nuclear-weapons

Pantex near Amarillo among potential sites for plutonium pit production

http://amarillo.com/local-news/news/2017-06-30/pantex-near-amarillo-among-potential-sites-plutonium-pit-production

High risk for 2nd tunnel collapse at nuclear waste site

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article159079584.html

Let's not test the explosion of a 21st century nuclear arms race

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/defense/340346-we-must-not-test-the-explosion-of-a-21st-century-nuclear-arms-race

Maine Voices: Urge Sens. Collins and King to support ban on nuclear weapons

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/07/03/maine-voices-urge-sens-collins-and-king-to-support-ban-on-nuclear-weapons/

International

US REPS. SLAM IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL AT TEHRAN REGIME OPPONENTS' SUMMIT

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-News/US-reps-slam-Iran-nuclear-deal-at-Tehran-regime-opponents-summit-498542

Scrapping Iran’s nuclear deal not in US interest: Majlis speaker

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/06/30/526955/Iran-us-nuclear-deal

U.S. says ex-consultant set up meetings over Iran's nuclear program

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-un-sheikhzadeh-idUSKBN19L2ZM

The Ultimate Cold War Nightmare: A Nuclear War Between Russia and America

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-ultimate-cold-war-nightmare-nuclear-war-between-russia-21389

Russia to move floating nuclear power station through Baltic Sea

http://news.err.ee/605414/russia-to-move-floating-nuclear-power-station-through-baltic-sea

General Interest

New Ban Brief post: Hit delete on the "right" to nuclear energy in new weapons ban
Negotiation to Ban Nuclear Weapons Enters Final Week

http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=15047&SEO=negotiation-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-enters-final-week

SIPRI: Nuclear arms decline amid modernization efforts

http://www.dw.com/en/sipri-nuclear-arms-decline-amid-modernization-efforts/a-39436102

Global nuclear weapons: modernization remains the priority

https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2017/global-nuclear-weapons-modernization-remains-priority

What factors make nuclear war more likely?

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international-affairs/340196-what-factors-make-nuclear-war-more-likely

Forgotten Fact: Russia and China Almost Started a Nuclear War in 1969

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/forgotten-fact-russia-china-almost-started-nuclear-war-1969-21398

What Makes a Nuclear Reactor 'Fail-Safe?'

http://gizmodo.com/what-makes-a-nuclear-reactor-fail-safe-1796588643


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.
Click here to sign up for future Bulletin mailings. To unsubscribe from the Nuclear Roundup, please reply to this email with "No Roundup".  
Share this message on Social Media:

No comments:

Post a Comment