Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 8, 2017

Nuclear Roundup August 8, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea Japan Warns North Korea Nuclear Threat Has Entered ‘New Stage’ http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/japan-warns-north-korea-threat-has-entered-new-stage-n790631 Japan, South Korea and U.S. plan international push to denuclearize North http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/07/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-south-korea North Korea says nuclear arms aimed only at US https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations Tillerson in Thailand presses for more action on North Korea http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tillerson-asia-thailand-idUSKBN1AO0CU The U.N. has placed more sanctions on North Korea. That’s not enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-un-has-placed-more-sanctions-on-north-korea A Rare Round of Diplomacy From North Korea’s Top Diplomat https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/world/asia/north-korea-asean-tillerson.html?_r=0 Trump’s North Korea strategy: A lot like Obama’s http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/08/trump-obama-north-korea-241389 North Korea Rails Against New Sanctions. Whether They Will Work Is Unclear. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/world/asia/north-korea-responds-sanctions-united-states.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170808&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y&_r=0 Chicago Council: NORTH KOREA NOW SEEN AS A TOP THREAT FACING THE UNITED STATES https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/publication/north-korea-now-seen-top-threat-facing-united-states Talk to North Korea to avert a nuclear disaster: an interview with Siegfried Hecker http://thebulletin.org/talk-north-korea-avert-nuclear-disaster-interview-siegfried-hecker10996 The Korean nuclear crisis and echoes of 1945 http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/the-korean-nuclear-crisis-and-echoes-of-1945-1.13949239 How Trump’s Iran Threats Could Backfire—in North Korea http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/07/trump-north-korea-policy-iran-nuclear-215468 North Korea doesn't just want nuclear weapons for defense — it wants them to retake South Korea http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-to-reunite-korean-peninsula-2017-8 Trump tries diplomacy in countering North Korea’s nuclear provocation http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-korea-20170808-story.html United States The Geopolitical Costs of America’s Nuclear Winter https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/08/07/the-geopolitical-costs-of-americas-nuclear-winter/ Editorial: Judge correct in MOX ruling http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/savannah-river-site Hanford’s full story is worthy of national-park status http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/hanfords-full-story-is-worthy-of-national-park-status/ Spencer: Is ‘Bombs For Profits’ A Good Model For A Nuclear Weapons Lab? http://www.ladailypost.com/content/spencer-%E2%80%98bombs-profits%E2%80%99-good-model-nuclear-weapons-lab James Peery Named Chief Scientist of the Global Security Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory https://www.newswise.com/doescience International Scrap the nuclear deal to make sure Iran sanctions work http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/345601-scrap-the-nuclear-deal-to-make-sure-iran-sanctions-work The Europeans have 90 days to save the nuclear agreement with Iran http://thebulletin.org/europeans-have-90-days-save-nuclear-agreement-iran10992 The Nuclear Posture Review and the Future of the INF Treaty http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/08/08 Russia to improve nuclear protection force by adding new robots to deal with future threats http://www.newsweek.com/russia-improve-nuclear-protection-force-new-robots-threats-future-647500 Could a North Korean ICBM Test Trigger a Nuclear War Between Russia and America? http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/could-north-korean-icbm-test-trigger-nuclear-war-between-21820 Nuclear-concerned Norway wants to give iodine tablets to citizens https://www.thelocal.no/20170808/nuclear-concerned-norway-wants-to-give-iodine-tablets-to-citizens General Interest [The Scheinmans] Nonproliferation across the generations http://thebulletin.org/nonproliferation-across-generations10994 IAEA Nuclear Safeguards Inspector vacancy (P-3, entry level inspector) - https://iaea.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2017/0491%20(142090)&tz=GMT-04%3A00 IAEA Nuclear Safeguards Inspector vacancy (P-4) - https://iaea.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2017/0492%20(142080)&tz=GMT-04%3A00 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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