Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup July 12, 2017

Nuclear Roundup July 12, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea Under North Korea's nuclear threat, the world needs another Churchill http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/341509-under-north-koreas-nuclear-threat-the-world-needs-another Wolfsthal: How to Reason With a Nuclear Rogue http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/12/north-korea-nukes-icbm-test-nuclear-weapons/ ‘North Korea could hit San Diego with ICBM within two years’, US monitoring group says http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2102199/missiles-and-music-kim-jong-un-celebrates-singing-and-dancing?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.11.2017&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief United States Perry: Threat to US nuclear reactors 'real,' ongoing http://m.startribune.com/perry-threat-to-us-nuclear-reactors-real-ongoing/433907753/?section=politics Would America's B-2 Stealth Bombers Work During a Nuclear War? http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/would-americas-b-2-stealth-bombers-work-during-nuclear-war-21511 GOP senators want Tillerson to get tougher on Iran https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/07/11/gop-senators-want-tillerson-to-get-tougher-on-iran/?utm_term=.a0578b0e59b2 National Lab Fedexed Plutonium To Lawrence Livermore http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/07/11/national-lab-fedexed-plutonium-to-lawrence-livermore/ Documents favor MOX over downblending http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/documents-favor-mox-over-downblending/article_dfde3606-6688-11e7-b3fb-8b7f7a550b8e.html House Energy and Water Appropriations Committee FY18 Report http://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20170712/106244/HRPT-115-HR-p2.pdf NDAA Amendment on Limitation on Use of Funds for Long-Range Stand-Off Weapon http://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/BLUMEN_0467717110634634.pdf International EU Says Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Does Not Belong to One Country’ But to the World http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/eu-says-iran-nuclear-deal-does-not-belong-one-country-world Withdrawal from nuclear deal will bring no good to Iran, says Russian diplomat http://tass.com/politics/955867 Moscow Slams Washington’s Unilateral Approach to JCPOA https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2017/07/12/1462740/moscow-slams-washington-s-unilateral-approach-to-jcpoa JCPOA Panel to Meet on July 21 https://financialtribune.com/articles/national/68149/jcpoa-panel-to-meet-on-july-21 With Fraying U.S.-Russian Ties Comes Fraying Arms Control https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-fraying-ties-erode-arms-control/28611015.html The Prime Minister’s Decision to Leave Euratom Shows She Is Willing To Put Ideology Above Jobs and Nuclear Safety http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/keir-starmer-qc/eurotrom-ideology-brexit_b_17456210.html May to Avert Nuclear Fallout Ahead of Brexit Repeal Bill https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-12/may-moves-to-avoid-nuclear-fallout-ahead-of-brexit-repeal-bill General Interest Debating the UN nuclear weapons ban: New collection at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://thebulletin.org/press-release/debating-un-nuclear-weapons-ban10941 Nations of the world agree to ban nuclear weapons – now what? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2140450-nations-of-the-world-agree-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-now-what/ The UN adopted a treaty banning nuclear weapons. But no nuclear-armed nations are on board. https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-11/un-adopted-treaty-banning-nuclear-weapons-no-nuclear-armed-nations-are-board Nuclear Weapons: The Burden and the Dream for Peace http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nuclear-weapons-the-burden-and-the-dream-for-peace_us_59653b5be4b0911162fc2f87 Choosing a new OPCW head http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1203576/choosing-a-new-opcw-head/ 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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