Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup November 2, 2017

Nuclear Roundup November 2, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea Fears North Korea is readying another missile test after ‘brisk activity’ at nuclear research facility http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/fears-north-korea-is-readying-another-missile-test-after-brisk-activity-at-nuclear-research-facility/news-story/4899940a95ab93b052f5a757f85ea24f Ahead of Trump visit, Japan’s Abe urges pressure on N. Korea https://apnews.com/e23b7aab0f14448b90117b7320225325/Ahead-of-Trump-visit,-Japan's-Abe-urges-pressure-on-N.-Korea How to Gauge North Korea Missile Tensions: Look at Corn Imports https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-02/how-to-gauge-north-korea-missile-tensions-look-at-corn-imports Defector: US strike would trigger automatic North Korea retaliation https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/11/01/defector-us-strike-would-trigger-automatic-north-korea-retaliation/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2011.2.17&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief An Insider’s Look at the North Korean Regime https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-insiders-look-north-korean-regime/ Written Testimony of Minister Thae, Yong-ho http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20171101/106577/HHRG-115-FA00-Wstate-Yong-hoT-20171101.pdf United States Strange, white powder found at Hanford. Officials object to being fined for doing nothing about it yet http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article182205796.html International Boris Johnson to travel to US in bid to save Iran nuclear deal https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/02/boris-johnson-to-travel-to-us-in-bid-to-save-iran-nuclear-deal Putin Offers Support For Iran Nuclear Deal, Hails Cooperation On Syria https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-russia-azerbaijan-nuclear-deal-commitment-rohani-putin-aliyev/28829780.html Rep. Jimmy Panetta: Trump’s dangerous decision on Iran http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20171028/LOCAL1/171029788 Promoting nuclear security in the Middle East https://thebulletin.org/promoting-nuclear-security-middle-east11226 US fighter jets intercept Russian nuclear bombers near North Korea http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/02/us-fighter-jets-intercept-russian-nuclear-bombers-near-north-korea.html Is this place in the shadow of the ‘world’s most dangerous nuclear plant’? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/11/01/is-this-place-in-the-shadow-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-nuclear-plant/?utm_term=.ec1587102772 General Interest November/December issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: A year of Trump: The existential risk scorecard https://thebulletin.org/press-release/report-card-trump-administrations-approach-existential-threats11252 Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Basically Brought a Nuclear Winter, Says New Model https://gizmodo.com/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-basically-brought-a-nuclear-w-1820048402 Fifty-three year old nuclear missile accident revealed http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/belle_fourche/fifty-three-year-old-nuclear-missile-accident-revealed/article_653347a4-04e8-5c29-a778-3a6a6c3cfd84.html#tracking-source=home-latest-1 The H-bomb that changed the world and wiped an island off the face of the Earth http://www.thenational.scot/news/15631613 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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