Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup September 15, 2017

Nuclear Roundup September 15, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea North Korea fires another missile, less than 2 weeks after nuclear bomb test http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-fires-missile-near-pyongyang-south-korea-japan-2017-9 Japan calls latest North Korean missile launch a 'serious act of provocation' http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-north-korea-launch-20170914-story.html A South Korean delegation asks Washington for nuclear weapons https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/09/14/a-south-korean-delegation-asks-washington-for-nuclear-weapons/?utm_term=.4603843819d6 U.S. nuclear commander assumes North Korea tested H-bomb Sept. 3 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-nuclear-commander-assumes-north-korea-tested-h-bomb-sept-3/ Even now no one in the world can tell whether North Korea exploded a hydrogen bomb https://qz.com/1078290/did-north-korea-successfully-test-a-hydrogen-bomb/ Tillerson urges China to cut off North Korea’s oil supply to halt nuclear weapons programme http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2111268/tillerson-urges-china-cut-north-koreas-oil-supply-halt Behind the Scenes / North Korea’s relentless nuclear advance http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003934204 How Russia Sees A Nuclear North Korea http://www.npr.org/2017/09/15/551163434/how-russia-sees-a-nuclear-north-korea Sagan: The Korean Missile Crisis https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2017-09-10/korean-missile-crisis?cid=nlc-fa_twofa-20170914 The US has to accept North Korea as a nuclear power http://www.salon.com/2017/09/15/the-us-has-to-accept-north-korea-as-a-nuclear-power_partner/ United States Legislators review once-secret report on nuclear project https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/legislators-review-once-secret-report-on-nuclear-project/2017/09/15/da3c6006-9a0e-11e7-af6a-6555caaeb8dc_story.html?utm_term=.afe655c86d74 Oak Ridge parts crash into Saturn with Cassini probe http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2017/09/15/oak-ridge-parts-crash-into-saturn-cassini-probe/667551001/ International Trump Signals He Will Choose Approach on Iran That Preserves Nuclear Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/world/middleeast/trump-iran-deal-sanctions-deadline.html?_r=0 Iran Says U.S. 'Seeking Excuses' To Tear Up Nuclear Deal https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-united-states-nuclear-deal-seeking-excuses/28737066.html Tillerson Says Iran ‘Clearly in Default’ of Nuclear Deal’s Terms https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-14/tillerson-says-iran-clearly-in-default-of-iran-deal-s-terms Verifying the nuclear ban: Lessons from South Africa http://thebulletin.org/verifying-nuclear-ban-lessons-south-africa11106 General Interest In the shadow of Fat Man and Little Boy: how the stigma of nuclear war was unraveled https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2017/sep/15/in-the-shadow-of-fat-man-and-little-boy-how-the-stigma-of-nuclear-war-was-unravelled Almost 50 Years Ago, A US Nuclear Submarine Went on a Secret Russia Spy Mission (And Sank) http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/almost-50-years-ago-us-nuclear-submarine-went-secret-russia-22296 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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