Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 31, 2017

Nuclear Roundup August 31, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea U.S. sees signs of North Korean nuke test http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/30/north-korea-nuclear-test-signs-detected-by-us/ North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: New Media Reports of an Imminent Sixth Test Again Cannot be Corroborated http://www.38north.org/2017/08/punggye083017/ US nuclear bombers, Japan and South Korea fighter jets stage show of force days after Pyongyang launched missile http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-nuclear-bombers-south-korean-fighter-jets-stage-show-of-force-days-after-pyongyang Detection of possible N. Korea missile attacks becomes harder https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/08/103_235752.html In Dealing With North Korea's Missiles, Do Trump and Mattis Agree? https://www.voanews.com/a/in-dealing-with-north-koreas-missiles-do-trump-and-mattis-agree/4009755.html Nuclear North Korea: Perpetuating the fiction http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_nuclear_north_korea Trump Is Right. Nuclear Talks With North Korea Are Pointless. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-31/trump-is-right-nuclear-talks-with-north-korea-are-pointless What A Single North Korean Nuclear Warhead Could Do To Los Angeles https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2017/08/30/what-a-single-north-korean-nuclear-warhead-could-do-to-los-angeles/#32ea019a9283 United States U.S. and Russia agree: Nuclear weapons use feared in the hands of Donald Trump http://www.newsweek.com/most-americans-dont-trust-donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-657222 Link to Pew Report: http://www.people-press.org/2017/08/29/1-views-of-trumps-presidential-conduct-handling-of-issues/ U.S. Test Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/ballistic-missile-test-hawaii.html?_r=0 Lockheed will not protest U.S. decision on ICBM replacement contract https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lockheed-pentagon-gbsd-idUSKCN1BA22R As Harvey Raged, Workers Stayed at Nuclear Plant's Controls https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-30/as-harvey-raged-workers-slept-on-cots-to-keep-nuclear-power-on International U.S. pressure or not, U.N. nuclear watchdog sees no need to check Iran military sites http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-inspections-idUSKCN1BB1JC France sees talks on post-Iran nuclear deal, ballistic missile use https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-france-idUSKCN1BA25Z Talk of tactical nuclear weapons resurfaces http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170831000979 German region to hand out iodine over Belgium nuclear fears https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/german-region-to-hand-out-iodine Third World War II-era bomb discovered near British nuclear power plant http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/30/third-world-war-ii-era-bomb-discovered-near-british-nuclear-power-plant.html The Story Behind Israel's Nuclear Ambiguity http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.809822 U.S.-China mission rushes bomb-grade nuclear fuel out of Africa http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/us-china-mission-rushes-bomb-grade-nuclear-fuel-out-africa Verifying Section T of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Iranian Military Site Access Essential to JCPOA Section T Verification http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/verifying-section-t-of-the-iran-nuclear-deal General Interest The Grim and Chilling Magazine for Nuclear Doomsday Preppers http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170831-the-grim-and-chilling-magazine-for-nuclear-doomsday-preppers NASA is about to create a $3.26 billion nuclear fireball in Saturn's clouds http://www.businessinsider.com/cassini-saturn-mission-death-plutonium-238-burn-up-2017-8 Here Is Why Russia Nearly Started a Nuclear War in 1956 http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/here-why-russia-nearly-started-nuclear-war-1956-22105 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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