Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 3, 2017

Nuclear Roundup August 3, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea Pence Says U.S. Won’t Hold Talks With North Korea https://www.wsj.com/articles/pence-says-u-s-wont-hold-talks-with-north-korea-1501709103 A grand bargain with China could remove North Korea's nuclear threat — but it would destroy America's global influence http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-auslin-north-korea-china-grand-bargain-20170803-story.html How to avoid nuclear war with North Korea https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21725768-there-are-no-good-options-curb-kim-jong-un-blundering-war-would-be-worst-how What America Should Learn from North Korea's Latest Missile Test https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/08/north-korea-second-missile-test/535737/ A North Korea attack would take out Los Angeles, Chicago or New York, and be the deadliest in U.S. history http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-attack-us-likely-deadliest-nation-history-645106 Defusing North Korea’s nuclear threat http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/2/north-korea-threat-requires-some-help-from-china/ Why Canada would be directly in the way of a North Korean nuclear war http://nationalpost.com/news/why-canada-would-be-directly-in-the-way-of-a-north-korean-nuclear-war/wcm/6ec86d53-adcf-4d45-9791-2d536b4537a0 United States Review of Nuclear Weapons Plant Says Protections Are Working https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2017-08-02/review-of-nuclear-weapons-plant-says-protections-are-working LLNL Scientists Help Update Seismic Verification Policy http://www.independentnews.com/news/llnl-scientists-help-update-seismic-verification-policy/article_be37671c-77c1-11e7-82f3-b79ddb0cc22a.html Tests show Hanford workers inhaled radioactive plutonium http://www.king5.com/news/local/hanford/tests-show-hanford-workers-inhaled-radioactive-plutonium/461574180 International Iran: US sanctions designed to derail nuclear deal http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/middleeast/iran-sanctions-nuclear-deal/index.html Opinion The Iran Nuclear Deal Remains the Best of a Few Bad Options http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.804840 Bolton: Stop North Korea and Iran before nuclear weapons spread across globe http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/stop-north-korea-and-iran-before-nuclear-weapons-spread-across-globe/news-story/94c22c0f1e71d19ff46c0fbb30ce3a1d China tests missiles as world focuses on North Korea: Report http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/china-tests-missiles-as-world-focuses-on-north-korea-report/article/2630392 China’s nuclear export ambitions run into friction https://www.ft.com/content/84c25750-75da-11e7-90c0-90a9d1bc9691 Why Russia's New ICBM Might be the Real Nuclear Missile America Should Fear http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-russias-new-icbm-might-be-the-real-nuclear-missile-21763 General Interest Why the New Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Is So Polarizing http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/22867/why-the-new-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty-is-so-polarizing 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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