Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 14th, 2017

Nuclear Roundup August 14, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea North Korea’s “not quite” ICBM can’t hit the lower 48 states http://thebulletin.org/north-korea%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cnot-quite%E2%80%9D-icbm-can%E2%80%99t-hit-lower-48-states11012 Further comments on the developing situation with North Korea http://thebulletin.org/comments-developing-situation-north-korea11013 War clouds on the Korean peninsula: What would we do if…? http://thebulletin.org/war-clouds-korean-peninsula-what-would-we-do-if%E2%80%A611016 Top US military official arrives South Korea amid North Korea tension http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/13/asia/north-korea-guam-trump/index.html North Korea’s Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/world/asia/north-korea-missiles-ukraine-factory.html?_r=0 High Levels of Activity at North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard http://www.38north.org/2017/08/sinpo081117/ Experts aren’t convinced North Korean nuke could make it to U.S. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/13/asia-pacific/experts-arent-convinced-north-korea-nuke-make-u-s-intact/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008/14/2017&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief#.WZGfrFGGPct Mattis and Tillerson: A North Korean nuclear attack will be met with an ‘overwhelming response' http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/14/north-korea-nuclear-attack-rex-tillerson-jim-mattis-op-ed-241603 Officials downplay idea that nuclear war with North Korea is imminent https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/officials-downplay-idea-that-nuclear-war-with-north-korea-is-imminent/2017/08/13/e64fd28c-fe74-47a3-afd2-937ee7987268_story.html?utm_term=.f6ce3010b062 Mullen: Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea ‘has taken away options’ http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/13/trump-mullen-north-korea-241583?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008/14/2017&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief Former spy chief: Denuclearized North Korea not in the cards http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/13/politics/james-clapper-mike-pompeo-north-korea/index.html Boris Johnson says blame for North Korea-US nuclear weapons crisis lies with Kim Jong-un http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boris-johnson-uk-government-north-korea-kim-jong-un-responsible-nuclear-weapons-crisis-us-donald-a7890616.html McMaster Rips Susan Rice for Suggesting U.S. ‘Tolerate’ Nuclear Weapons in North Korea: ‘She’s Not Right’ http://freebeacon.com/national-security/mcmaster-slams-susan-rice/ North Korea's nuclear threats to U.S.: what Pyongyang can and can't do (yet) http://www.newsweek.com/north-koreas-nuclear-threats-us-what-pyongyang-can-and-cant-do-yet-649874 Wit: Back Channel to North Korea https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/08/back-channel-to-north-korea/536721/ North Korea's nuclear obsession, explained http://theweek.com/articles/717879/north-koreas-nuclear-obsession-explained United States Nuclear Anxiety Returns to America https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/08/nuclear-anxiety-returns-to-america/536640/ Sagan: Public Opinion Unlikely to Curb a U.S. President’s Use of Nuclear Weapons in War, Stanford Scholar Finds http://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/10762-public-opinion-unlikely-to-curb-a-u-s-president-s-use-of-nuclear-weapons-in-war-stanford-scholar-finds Link to Paper: Revisiting Hiroshima in Iran: What Americans Really Think about Using Nuclear Weapons and Killing Noncombatants http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.1162/ISEC_a_00284 When Should the President Use Nuclear Weapons? https://warontherocks.com/2017/08/when-should-the-president-use-nuclear-weapons/ Movies to Help Donald Trump Understand Nuclear War https://warisboring.com/movies-to-help-donald-trump-understand-nuclear-war/ Could Utah be epicenter of thorium-based nuclear energy? http://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2017/08/14/could-utah-be-epicenter-of-thorium-based-nuclear-energybr/ After failure of nuclear plant in South Carolina, backers seek federal aid http://www.postandcourier.com/business/after-failure-of-nuclear-plant-in-south-carolina-backers-seek/article_4aadea10-80e4-11e7-bc03-27c4ccd97e07.html International Before You Rip Up That Iran Deal ... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/opinion/before-you-rip-up-that-iran-deal.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170814&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y Will Trump demolish the 'horrible' nuclear deal with Iran? https://www.thenational.ae/world/the-americas/will-trump-demolish-the-horrible-nuclear-deal-with-iran-1.618947 If U.S. Pulls Out/ Violates Iran Nuclear Deal Then No Nation Could (Or Should) Trust U.S. Diplomacy http://moderndiplomacy.eu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2845:if-u-s-pulls-out-violates-iran-nuclear-deal-then-no-nation-could-or-should-trust-u-s-diplomacy&Itemid=138 Iranian politician urges for renegotiating nuclear deal (Exclusive) https://en.trend.az/iran/politics/2786429.html New sanctions on Iran, now it's time for a new US policy too http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/08/13/new-sanctions-on-iran-now-its-time-for-new-us-policy-too.html Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. 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