Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup September 26, 2017

Nuclear Roundup September 26, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea North Korea Says It Has the Right to Shoot Down U.S. Warplanes https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/world/asia/trump-north-korea.html?mtrref=www.nytimes.com&mtrref=www.nytimes.com White House: 'We have not declared war on North Korea' http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/25/north-korea-no-war-declaration-white-house-243110?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%209.26.2017&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief Mattis: US wants to resolve N. Korea standoff diplomatically https://www.apnews.com/17e9387ca9b442b1a111ba439abfd7f1/Mattis:-US-wants-to-resolve-N.-Korea-standoff-diplomatically Could Iran be behind North Korea's nuclear, missile advances? https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Pyongyang-provocation/Could-Iran-be-behind-North-Korea-s-nuclear-missile-advances Corbyn: North Korea crisis highlights case for nuclear weapons-free world http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/national/15557299 North Korea sought mutual assured destruction relationship with U.S. in 2016: U.S. official https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/25/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/north-korea-sought-mutual-assured-destruction-relationship-with-u-s-in-2016-u-s-official/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%209.26.2017&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief#.WcpjB9tSxrR Would North Korea Shoot Down a US B-1B Bomber? Yes. Could It? http://thediplomat.com/2017/09/would-north-korea-shoot-down-a-us-b-1b-bomber-yes-could-it/ Escalating tension has experts simulating a new Korean War, and the scenarios are sobering http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-korean-war-20170925-story.html North Korea: US leads missile interception tests in Scotland in response to nuclear threat http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/north-korea-latest-kim-jong-un-nuclear-missile-test-formidable-shield-scotland-nato-tests-a7966761.html Experts on North Korea’s latest threat: “This is how war by miscalculation starts” https://www.vox.com/world/2017/9/25/16361264/north-korea-bomber-b1-threat The military and North Korea: What you hear and what it means http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/politics/korea-military-terms-glossary/index.html Last Time North Korea Shot Down A U.S. Military Plane It Could Have Led To Nuclear War http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14616/last-time-north-korea-shot-down-a-u-s-military-plane-it-could-have-led-to-nuclear-war 2 U.S. Presidents Considered Attacking North Korea with Nuclear Weapons http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/2-us-presidents-considered-attacking-north-korea-nuclear-22472 The North Korea Standoff Is Now As Bad As the Cuban Missile Crisis http://fortune.com/2017/09/25/north-korea-news-war-trump/ No joke: When Donald Trump hurls insults, North Korea thinks about war https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/26/donald-trump-hurls-insults-threats-north-korea-ponders-nuclear-war-jon-b-wolfsthal-column/701494001/ Column: In age of nuclear fear, time to stop taunting like children http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-nuclear-war-dahleen-glanton-met-20170922-column.html Hawks and Doves: China’s First Nuclear Test and Indian Nuclear Thought https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/hawks-and-doves-chinas-first-nuclear-test-and-indian-nuclear-thought CRS Report: Redeploying U.S. Nuclear Weapons to South Korea: Background and Implications in Brief https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R44950.pdf International European ambassadors to U.S. back Iran nuclear pact https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-diplomacy/european-ambassadors-to-u-s-back-iran-nuclear-pact-idUSKCN1C02NU Multiple challenges remain to Fukushima nuclear cleanup http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/multiple-challenges-remain-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup-50096834 NNSA collaborates with South African firm on groundbreaking conversion to low-enriched uranium-based molybdenum-99 production https://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/nnsa-collaborates-south-african-firm-groundbreaking-conversion-low-enriched India, US should go for pre-emptive strikes, destroy Pak's N-assets: Ex-US senator http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-us-should-go-for-pre-emptive-strikes-destroy-paks-n-assets-ex-us-senator/articleshow/60834852.cms The European Union and Non-proliferation, 2014–17 Final Report August 2017 https://reliefweb.int/report/world/european-union-and-non-proliferation-2014-17-final-report-august-2017 General Interest My time with Stanislav Petrov: No cog in the machine http://thebulletin.org/my-time-stanislav-petrov-no-cog-machine11137 What Is the Difference Between a Hydrogen Bomb and an Atomic Bomb? http://time.com/4954082/hydrogen-bomb-atomic-bomb/ Seeing the Light: The Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/earth-and-environmental-science/environmental-policy-economics-and-law/seeing-light-case-nuclear-power-21st-century#a4ofWp8ByoVQP37q.99 Scott Montgomery makes case for nuclear power in new book ‘Seeing the Light’ http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/09/21/scott-montgomery-makes-case-for-nuclear-power-in-new-book-seeing-the-light/ Rare Footage Shows Russia Detonating Nuclear Weapon To Create A New Lake https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/09/25/rare-footage-russia-detonating-nuclear-weapon-create-new-lake/#7f5f0ea536d2 Op-Ed How do we help children cope with fear of nuclear war? http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-linn-children-nuclear-fear-20170926-story.html Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. 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