Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup September 29, 2017

Nuclear Roundup September 29, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea IAEA: Jury out on North Korea H-bomb test http://www.dw.com/en/iaea-jury-out-on-north-korea-h-bomb-test/a-40739396 Tillerson Heads to China Amid North Korea Nuclear Escalation https://www.voanews.com/a/tillerson-china-north-korea-nuclear-escalation/4049311.html Zakaria: There’s a way out on North Korea https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/theres-a-way-out-on-north-korea/2017/09/28/4382dfc4-a48a-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.db7eacb980d6 What does North Korea want? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/09/28/what-does-north-korea-want/?utm_term=.d472e80c5ef5 How Experts Comb Satellite Images for Clues on North Korea's Nuclear Tests https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/how-experts-comb-satellite-images-for-clues-on-north-koreas-nuclear-tests Two North Korean Spies, a Ukrainian Jail and a Murky Tale https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/world/europe/north-korea-ukraine-missiles.html?_r=0 If North Korea Fires an ICBM, the US Might Have to Shoot It Down Over Russia http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2017/09/if-north-korea-fires-icbm-us-might-have-shoot-it-down-over-russia/141376/?oref=defenseone_today_nl United States NNSA Needs to Improve Its Program Management Policy and Practices http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-773 ORNL budget has more at stake this year as GOP sets priorities http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2017/09/29/ornl-budget-has-more-stake-year-gop-sets-priorities/680389001/ McMaster urges lawmakers to fight for MOX http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/mcmaster-urges-lawmakers-to-fight-for-mox/article_cf98a53c-a482-11e7-8dc2-6b1826fed218.html International Iran may drop nuclear deal if US withdraws https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/28/iran-may-drop-nuclear-deal-if-us-withdraws.html U.S. Says Russia Trying To 'Shield Iran' From Some Nuclear Inspections https://www.rferl.org/a/us-says-russia-trying-shield-iran-some-nuclear-inspections/28763701.html Iran's People And The Nuclear Deal https://www.forbes.com/sites/heshmatalavi/2017/09/29/iran-economy-nuclear-deal/#6031fd863e42 Trump keeps Europe guessing on Iran nuclear deal https://www.ft.com/content/3f5e9fee-a3a1-11e7-9e4f-7f5e6a7c98a2 Why Russia Fears America's Missile Defenses http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-russia-fears-americas-missile-defenses-22533 Gronlund: White House Must Extend New START Arms Control Treaty with Russia http://www.ucsusa.org/press/2017/white-house-must-extend-new-start-arms-control-treaty-russia#.Wc5SovlSxrQ START from the Beginning: 25 Years of US-Russian Nuclear Weapons Reductions http://allthingsnuclear.org/emacdonald/25-years-of-start General Interest Bunn/Roth: The effects of a single terrorist nuclear bomb http://thebulletin.org/effects-single-terrorist-nuclear-bomb11150 This Simulation Shows What Would Happen if a Nuclear Bomb Dropped Near You https://futurism.com/this-simulation-shows-what-would-happen-if-a-nuclear-bomb-dropped-near-you/ 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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