Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup October 31, 2017

Nuclear Roundup October 31, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea Up to 200 killed at North Korea's nuclear test site: report https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/10/31/up-200-killed-north-koreas-nuclear-test-site-report/816276001/ Is Mt. Mantap Suffering from “Tired Mountain Syndrome?” http://www.38north.org/2017/10/mtmantap101717/ Jim Mattis: Officials 'routinely' rehearse response to North Korean nuclear attack http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jim-mattis-officials-routinely-rehearse-response-to-north-korean-nuclear-attack/article/2176956 America Is Finally Punishing China over North Korea's Deadly Missile Launchers http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/america-finally-punishing-china-over-north-koreas-deadly-22957 United States More must be done to protect America's nuclear power plants from cyberattacks http://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/357902-more-must-be-done-to-protect-americas-nuclear-power-plants-from Here’s What We Know about What Trump Calls the Uranium To Russia Deal http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-uranium-one-explainer-20171030-story.html The repeated, incorrect claim that Russia obtained ‘20 percent of our uranium’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/31/the-repeated-incorrect-claim-that-russia-obtained-20-percent-of-our-uranium/?utm_term=.e10a55314670 Four-month delay in details of plutonium release at Hanford raises questions http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/oct/31/four-month-delay-in-details-of-plutonium-release-a/ Same Work Crew, Equipment Involved in Second Los Alamos Plutonium Contamination Event https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2017/10/same-work-crew-equipment-involved-second-los-alamos-plutonium-contamination-event The Danger Of Buying The Air Force's Next Ballistic Missile From The Lowest Bidder https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2017/10/30/the-danger-of-buying-the-air-forces-next-ballistic-missile-from-the-lowest-bidder/#6ddb855a6730 WHOI Releases Study on Lingering Radioactivity Following Pacific Nuclear Bomb Testing https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/whoi-releases-study-on-lingering-radioactivity-following-pacific-nuclear-bomb-testing/ International UN Nuclear Inspections Chief Sees No Problems Checking Facilities In Iran https://www.rferl.org/a/un-nuclear-inspections-chief-amano-sees-no-problems-checking-facilities-iran/28825431.html Russia may be building a nuclear-powered satellite that could fire lasers to charge spacecrafts http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russia-may-be-building-nuclear-powered-satellite-that-could-fire-lasers-charge-spacecrafts-1645275 Saudi Arabia to extract uranium for 'self-sufficient' nuclear program https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-nuclear/saudi-arabia-to-extract-uranium-for-self-sufficient-nuclear-program-idUSKBN1CZ1ON Why Saudi Arabia is doubling down on its nuclear program http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-saudi-arabia-is-doubling-down-on-its-nuclear-program/article/2639026 The Soaring Business of Nuclear Shelters in Japan http://www.wsj.com/video/the-soaring-business-of-nuclear-shelters-in-japan/2A69CFD8-2602-4A30-AEA2-7420A110599B.html Kobe Steel's nuclear tentacles http://www.atimes.com/article/nuclear-tentacles-kobe-steel/ Vatican to host high-level push against nuclear weapons https://www.thelocal.it/20171031/vatican-to-host-high-level-push-against-nuclear-weapons General Interest Could this young physicist finally crack the code to nuclear fusion? http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/could-this-young-physicist-finally-crack-the-code-to-nuclear-fusion/81595 Is It Ever Really Appropriate to Use Nuclear Weapons? http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/it-ever-really-appropriate-use-nuclear-weapons-22975 U.S. Plan to Survive Nuclear Attack by Russia in the Cold War https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Americas-Plan-to-Survive-Nuclear-Attack-by-Russia-in-the-Cold-Wa-109708257 Here’s some glow-in-the-dark ‘Plutonium’ soap that will make your showers slightly less boring http://bgr.com/2017/10/30/plutonium-soap-glow-in-the-dark/ 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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