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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 30, 2017

Nuclear Roundup
August 30, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

This military base is training to shoot down a North Korean nuclear missile

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/29/us/alaska-military-defense-north-korea/index.html

Donald Trump says 'talking is not the answer' in North Korea nuclear standoff

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-north-korea-talking-not-answer-nuclear-weapons-missiles-standoff-a7920186.html

Why the U.S. Media Gets North Korea Wrong

https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/exclusive/asia/u-s-media-gets-north-korea-wrong

Trump’s tough talk does little to deter North Korea

http://www.politico.eu/article/us-president-donald-trump-tough-talk-does-little-to-deter-north-korea/

Allison: The North Korean Threat Beyond ICBMs

http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/08/north-korean-threat-beyond-icbms/140606/?oref=defenseone_today_nl

Why Didn’t the US Shoot Down That North Korean Missile?

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/08/why-didnt-us-shoot-down-north-korean-missile/140620/?oref=defenseone_today_nl

Can the world live with a nuclear North Korea?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41083375

Should North Korea and others be allowed to have nuclear weapons if the U.S. can?

http://www.ozy.com/pov/we-have-nuclear-weapons-why-not-north-korea/80467

United States

Donald Trump, North Korea and nuclear weapons: Should presidents alone decide?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/29/trump-shouldnt-have-sole-authority-use-nuclear-weapons-tom-nichols-column/610265001/

Lower-Yield Weapons Will Raise, Not Lower, the Threshold for Nuclear Use

http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/08/lower-yield-weapons-will-raise-not-lower-threshold-nuclear-use/140610/?oref=d-mostread

Plutonium research to advance stockpile safely

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-plutonium-advance-stockpile-safely.html

International

Russia Pushing US to Uphold Iran Nuclear Deal

https://financialtribune.com/articles/national/71394/russia-pushing-us-to-uphold-iran-nuclear-deal

North Korea’s calculated chaos ought to make Trump think again on Iran

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/08/30/north-koreas-calculated-chaos-ought-to-make-trump-think-again-on-iran/?utm_term=.1490cccd31cd

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton has a plan to pull out of the Iran deal. It’s bad.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/29/16219896/john-bolton-plan-pull-out-iran-deal

Kimball: Don’t Abandon the Iran Nuclear Deal

https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2017-09/arms-control-today/dont-abandon-iran-nuclear-deal

Lewis: Trump’s Next Self-Inflicted Crisis Is a Nuclear Iran

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/30/trumps-next-self-inflicted-crisis-is-a-nuclear-iran/

Russia fears new U.S. nuclear arms make bombing more likely

http://www.newsweek.com/russia-fears-new-us-nuclear-arms-make-bombing-more-likely-656564

How Kazakhstan Could Help Prevent Nuclear War (Op-ed)

https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/the-stakes-of-us-russia-relations-are-too-hight-for-pessimism-58790

Kazakhstan can be moral leader, key mediator in nuclear disarmament: head of CTBTO

http://astanatimes.com/2017/08/kazakhstan-can-be-moral-leader-key-mediator-in-nuclear-disarmament-head-of-ctbto/

America can't work with Russia

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/america-cant-work-with-russia/article/2632930

Weapons & War Analysis: Russian Military vs US & NATO

http://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Weapons-War-Analysis-Russian-Military-vs-US-NATO-106650161

Nuclear campaigner who survived Nagasaki bombing dies aged 88

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/30/postman-who-survived-nagasaki-bombing-sumiteru-taniguchi-dies-aged-88

Fukushima’s Clean-Up Crews Are Getting Some Help From “Muscle Robots”

https://futurism.com/fukushimas-clean-up-crews-are-getting-some-help-from-muscle-robots/

General Interest

UT professor, students collaborate with Air Force to conduct nuclear research

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2017/08/29/ut-professor-students-collaborate-with-air-force-to-conduct-nuclear-research

New Science Channel Doc: Did the CIA Blow Up Chernobyl?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-science-channel-doc


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