Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup September 19, 2017

Nuclear Roundup September 19, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea In U.N. speech, Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy North Korea’ and calls Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/19/in-u-n-speech-trump-warns-that-the-world-faces-great-peril-from-rogue-regimes-in-north-korea-iran/?utm_term=.2e1a6ac9607c Trump Threatens to ‘Totally Destroy’ North Korea https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/world/americas/united-nations-general-assembly.html Pentagon chief says he was asked about reintroducing tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/09/18 Xi and Trump discuss sanctions pressure on North Korea: White House http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-china-usa/xi-and-trump-discuss-sanctions-pressure-on-north-korea-white-house-idUSKCN1BT1R3 N Korea says sanctions will speed up nuclear programme http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/korea-sanctions Spain becomes fourth country to expel North Korean envoy over nuclear program https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/spain-becomes-fourth-country-to-expel-north-korean-envoy Did Pakistan help North Korea develop nuclear weapons? India-US-Japan want to know https://qz.com/1080927/did-pakistan-help-north-korea-develop-nuclear-weapons-india-us-japan-want-to-know/ Three reasons China will not accept a nuclear armed North Korea http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2111788/three-reasons-china-will-not-accept-nuclear-armed-north GOP rep: North Korea wants Iran-type nuclear deal http://thehill.com/homenews/house/351286-gop-rep-north-korea-wants-an-iran-type-deal There’s no easy living with a nuclear-armed North Korea http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/18/nuclear-armed-north-korea-is-a-worldwide-problem/ North Korea: The Full Transcript http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/18/north-korea-the-full-transcript-215615 Op-Ed: How to neutralize North Korea's nuclear threat without starting a world war http://abcnews.go.com/International/op-ed United States Trump to hail Iranian people as a threat to regime's status quo http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18 Sonoma County radiation-detector maker sees uptick in business amid nuclear worries http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/northbay/ Is America About to Dump the INF Treaty? http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/america-about-dump-the-inf-treaty-22355 U.S. Senate Passes Bill To Fund New Cruise Missile, Fight Russian Propaganda https://www.rferl.org/a/us-senate-passes-bill-fund-new-cruise-missile International France tells Trump that quitting Iran nuclear deal risks 'spiral of proliferation' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/18/france-trump-iran-nuclear-deal-jean-yves-le-drian Why Iran's nuclear program is a greater threat than North Korea's http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-irans-nuclear-program-is-a-greater-threat-than-north-koreas/article/2634754 Memorandum to President Trump on the Iran Nuclear Deal http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/09/memorandum Government has no plans to close aging Dimona nuclear facility https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-has-no-plans-to-close-aging-dimona-nuclear-facility/ Revisiting India’s Nuclear Exceptionalism http://nation.com.pk/columns/19-Sep-2017/revisiting-india-s-nuclear-exceptionalism Russian-built nuclear plant revives Chernobyl fears https://www.ft.com/content/a98322de-96f7-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0 General Conference Day 1 Highlights https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/general-conference-day-1-highlights-18-september-2017 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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