Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 1, 2017

Nuclear Roundup August 1, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea DPRK slams South Korea for seeking to dismantle north's nuclear weapons http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/31/c_136488910.htm Trump weighs sanctions against China to pressure Beijing to halt North Korea threat http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2104846 Analysts doubt North Korea’s ICBM re-entry capability https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/analysts-doubt-north-koreas-icbm-re-entry-capability Russia, China Hit Back After U.S. Criticizes Them Over North Korea Crisis https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-china-hit-back Image analysis reveals North Korea may have planned to send first ICBM test much closer to Japan http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/30/national/image-analysis-reveals-north-korea-may-planned-send-first-icbm-test-much-closer-japan/#.WYCP8vnytrQ North Korea timeline: From Trump's inauguration to now http://www.weny.com/story/36017430/north-korea-timeline-from-trumps-inauguration-to-now It’s Time To Play Good Cop, Bad Cop With Pyongyang http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/01/its-time-to-play-good-cop-bad-cop-with-pyongyang/ Trump's reaction to North Korea cannot be nuclear http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/opinions/trump-reaction-north-korea-cristol-opinion/index.html Hecker: How close is North Korea to launching a nuclear missile? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/how-close-is-north-korea-to-launching-a-nuclear-missile/ How will South Korea and Japan respond to North Korea http://thebulletin.org/press-release/how-will-south-korea-and-japan-respond-north-korea10979 United States U.S. to launch yet another test missile from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-icbm-missile-launch-vandenberg-20170731-story.html Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference https://www.ecowatch.com/energy-department-scientists-2467888899.html Nuclear labs endanger public with radioactive mail https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/08/01/nuclear-labs-radioactive-mail/104058890/ International Iran says new US sanctions breach nuclear deal: Tasnim news agency http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions-idUSKBN1AH43Q?il=0 New Iran sanctions succeed where the nuclear deal failed http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/new-iran-sanctions-succeed-where-the-nuclear-deal-failed/article/2630184 Lewis: Scuttling the Iran Deal will Lead to Another North Korea http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/31/iran-can-already-make-an-icbm-anytime-it-wants-jcpoa-north-korea-nukes/ Tobey:  Tearing Up the Nuke Deal Now Would Hand Iran the Best of All Possible Worlds http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/31/tearing-up-the-nuke-deal-now-would-hand-iran-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds/ North Korea’s ICBM Test is a Win for Iran http://nationalinterest.org/feature/north-koreas-icbm-test-win-iran-21728 Why doesn’t South Korea have nuclear weapons? For a time, it pursued them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/31 How to Clean Up Hundreds of Tons of Melted Nuclear Fuel https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-31/how-japan-could-remove-melted-nuclear-fuel-it-hunted-for-6-years Amount of plutonium held by Japan falls slightly with reactor restarts http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/01/national/amount-plutonium-held-japan-falls-slightly-reactor-restarts/#.WYCP1vnytrQ Sixtieth Anniversary of the IAEA https://www.iaea.org/about/policy/gc/gc60/anniversary General Interest Russia and America Had Plans to Attack the Moon with Nuclear Weapons http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russia-america-had-plans-attack-the-moon-nuclear-weapons-21734 How Hiroshima changed war and the future of man http://www.newsweek.com/how-hiroshima-changed-war-644570 Physics Researchers Eye Experimental Box as Key to Tracking Nuclear Activity by Rogue Nations http://www.newswise.com/doescience/?article_id How to Make Plutonium http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a27359/how-to-make-plutonium/ 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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