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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup July 19, 2017

Nuclear Roundup
July 19, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

Moon Seeks 2020 Deal for Peace With Nuclear-Free North Korea

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-19/moon-seeks-2020-deal-for-peace-with-nuclear-free-north-korea

South Korea’s President May Be Just the Man to Solve the North Korea Crisis

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/07/korea-trump-china-xi-jinping-nuclear-moon-jae-in/533811/

A Template for Peace

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2017-07-18/the-cuban-missile-crisis-is-a-model-for-dealing-with-north-korea

United States

House bill keeps DOE Office of Science spending flat, increases NNSA funding

http://oakridgetoday.com/tag/nuclear-facility-cleanup/

FY18 House E&W Bill

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394987

Why The U.S. Must Get Rid Of Its Land-Based Nuclear Missiles

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/why-the-u-s-must-get-rid-of-its-land-based-nuclear-mis-1796677582

DHS presents plan to educate nuclear forensic experts for witness testimony to international partners

https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/23296-dhs-presents-plan-educate-nuclear-forensic-experts-witness-testimony-international-partners/

Could aging N.J. nuclear power plant be target for cybersecurity attack?

http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2017/07

International

After Trump reluctantly certifies Iran is obeying nuclear deal, he slaps it with new sanctions

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-trump-iran-20170718-story.html

The Latest U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/07/iran-sanctions/534003/?utm_source

Iran's Rouhani says new U.S. sanctions violate nuclear accord: state TV

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-rouhani-idUSKBN1A40T9

Trump’s Incoherent Iran Policy Could End Nuke Deal on the Worst Possible Terms

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/18/trumps-incoherent-iran-policy-could-end-the-nuke-deal-on-the-worst-possible-terms/

The U.S. and Iran are heading toward crisis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/19/the-u-s-and-iran-are-heading-toward-crisis/?utm_term=.7b913785a7fd

The Iran Trap

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories

4 good reasons Trump shouldn't scrap the Iran nuclear deal or goad Iran to pull out

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/18/4-reasons-trump-shouldnt-scrap-iran-nuclear-deal-goad-iran-pull-out/488285001/

Russia's Next Super Weapons: Big Aircraft Carriers and Nuclear-Powered Destroyers?

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-next-super-weapons-big-aircraft-carriers-nuclear-21560

The Senate’s biggest hypocrite on Russia

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/07/18/the-senates-biggest-hypocrite-on-russia/?utm_term=.633bc387f4ce

Japan taps tech to foil nuclear terrorism ahead of Tokyo Olympics

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/19/national/japan-taps-tech-foil-nuclear-terrorism-ahead-tokyo-olympics/#.WW9lcfnytrQ

General Interest

Know the Time

http://thebulletin.org/multimedia/know-the-time

The proliferation problem from hell

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/18/north-korea-iran-having-nuclear-missiles-a-nightma/

Veterans Call on U.S. to Sign Nuclear Ban Treaty

https://sandiegofreepress.org/2017/07/veterans-call-on-u-s-to-sign-nuclear-ban-treaty/

Researchers to study environmental, human impacts of nuclear war

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-environmental-human-impacts-nuclear-war.html

Here's One More Good Reason Not to Launch a Nuclear War

https://www.ecowatch.com/nuclear-war-climate-change-2461364979.html

Compact, precise photon beam could aid in nuclear security, report says

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-compact-precise-photon-aid-nuclear.html


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