Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup October 24, 2016

Nuclear Roundup October 24, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea Trump says ‘totally prepared’ for military action; North nixes six-party talks http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171023000958 Leaders of S. Korea, Japan renew call on N. Korea to abandon nuclear ambition http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/search1/2603000000.html?cid=AEN20171024010351315 Trump's North Korea Nuke Plan? Nixon Thought of It First http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a28753/trump-nuke-north-korea-richard-nixon-1969/ Ted Cruz: A Pressure Point for North Korea https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/opinion/ted-cruz-a-pressure-point-for-north-korea.html?emc=edit_tnt_20171024&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y Army reveals plan to develop ‘Frankenmissile’ targeting NK http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171019000877 Panetta urges White House to ‘lower the volume of rhetoric’ on North Korea http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/23/leon-panetta-white-house-rhetoric-north-korea-244074 United States The Air Force hasn’t used nuclear ‘alert pads’ since the Cold War. Now they’re being upgraded. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/10/23/the-air-force-denies-it-is-considering-cold-war-style-alerts-for-b-52-bombers/?utm_term=.3d287eb14d65 No Nuke Bombers on Call 24/7, But Alert Centers Being Upgraded https://breakingdefense.com/2017/10/no-nuke-bombers-on-call-247-but-alert-centers-being-upgraded/ Clinton pushes back on Russian uranium deal reports: 'Baloney' http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/356793-clinton-pushes-back-on-russian-uranium-deal-reports-baloney EPA Raises Radiation Limits For Emergency Responders -- It's About Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2017/10/24/epa-raises-radiation-limits-for-emergency-responders-its-about-time/#775a4faa6eb2 The Real Danger of Trump’s Nuclear Policy Isn’t Armageddon https://newrepublic.com/article/145479/real-danger-trumps-nuclear-policy-isnt-armageddon ‘Is There Something Going On?’: On Scene at STRATCOM As North Korea Launches Missile http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2017/09/stratcom-hq-north-korea-missile-launch/141029/?oref=d-dontmiss DOE, NNSA deny alleged risk of ‘catastrophic collapse’ of old Y-12 buildings http://oakridgetoday.com/2017/10/23/feds-deny-alleged-risk-catastrophic-collapse-old-y-12-buildings/ International Poll finds broad support for renegotiating nuclear deal with Iran http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356757-poll-finds-broad-support-for-renegotiating-nuclear-deal-with-iran Panetta: Countries won’t trust US if Iran deal is broken http://thehill.com/policy/defense/356762-panetta-countries-wont-trust-us-if-iran-deal-is-broken?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11638 Trump’s Iran Gambit: “The Equivalent of Pulling the Pin Out of the Grenade” https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/donald-trump-iran-nuclear-deal-congress South Korea to resume building two new nuclear reactors, but scraps plans for 6 others http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-nuclear/south-korea-to-resume-building-two-new-nuclear-reactors-but-scraps-plans-for-6-others-idUSKBN1CT0RS?il=0 General Interest The persistence of the radioactive bogeyman https://thebulletin.org/persistence-radioactive-bogeyman11212 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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