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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup July 11, 2017

Nuclear Roundup
July 11, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

North Korea yet to master re-entry technology for ICBM: NIS

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170711000882

Diplomats: US drafts new sanctions resolution against NKorea

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/diplomats-us-drafts-sanctions-resolution-nkorea-48554837

China says it is not responsible for North Korea nuclear crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/11/china-tells-not-responsible-north-korea-nuclear-program

STRATCOM chief: U.S. must speed weapons tests to counter North Korea

https://korea.stripes.com/news/stratcom-chief-us-must-speed-weapons-tests-counter-north-korea#sthash.nsEYS7ak.dpbs

How the miserable death of Moammar Gadhafi factors into Kim Jong Un's nuclear ambitions

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/10/a-possible-reason-north-koreas-kim-wont-disarm-memories-of-gadhafi.html

US isolationism will affect its standing on North Korea: The Yomiuri Shimbun

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-isolationism-will-affect-its-standing-on-north-korea-the-yomiuri-shimbun

What is True and Not True About North Korea’s Hwasong-14 ICBM: A Technical Evaluation

http://www.38north.org/2017/07/jschilling071017/

Mileposts on the road to a North Korean missile

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/10/north-korean-missile-closer-to-reality-with-chines/

Haass: Try diplomacy first on North Korea, even though it probably won’t work

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/11/try-diplomacy-first-north-korea-richard-haass-column/460538001/

Why did sanctions against North Korea's missile program fail?

http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/why-did-sanctions-against-north-korea-s-missile-program-fail-117071100167_1.html

United States

U.S. missile hits test target as North Korea tension rises

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-northkorea-missiles-usa-defenses-idUKKBN19W161?il=0

Senators want answers on risk of nuclear power plant hacks

https://www.cnet.com/news/senator-markey-letter-answers-hacks-nuclear-power-plants-cyber-security-fbi/

Obama’s Energy Secretary Addresses Trump’s Attacks on His Legacy

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608223/obamas-energy-secretary-addresses-trumps-attacks-on-his-legacy/

Senate Armed Services Committee Completes Conference on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/press-releases/senate-and-house-armed-services-committees-complete-conference-on-national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2017

Committee Report:

http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20161128/CRPT-114HRPT-S2943.pdf

Rocky Flats: Colorado’s Nuclear Shadow

http://denver.cbslocal.com/guide/rocky-flats-colorados-nuclear-shadow/

International

On Iran, Canada Should Pick Up Where Obama Left Off

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/navid-hassibi/canada-iran-relations_a_23020018/

Russia’s Satan Nuclear missile said capable of destroying countries, but it’s taking a long time to get right

http://www.newsweek.com/russia-satan-nuclear-missile-destroy-country-ghost-train-634518

Sellafield's plutonium facilities fail to meet high standards, says watchdog

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sellafields-plutonium-facilities-fail-to-meet-high-standards-says-watchdog-35910524.html

Scientists used abacuses to develop China’s first nuclear submarine

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2102008/scientists-used-abacuses-develop-chinas-first-nuclear?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.11.2017&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Chernobyl nuclear reactor slated for billion-pound solar park despite radiation fears

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/chernobyl-nuclear-reactor-radioactivity-a7831666.html

U.N. Nuclear Watchdog to Open Uranium Bank That May Have No Clients

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-07-11/un-nuclear-watchdog-to-open-uranium-bank-that-may-have-no-clients

General Interest

Squassoni: A controversial ban and the long game to delegitimize nuclear weapons

http://thebulletin.org/controversial-ban-and-long-game-delegitimize-nuclear-weapons10934

SAFEGUARDS CHALLENGES IN THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS BAN

http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1203571/safeguards-challenges-in-the-nuclear-weapons-ban/


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