Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup November 20, 2017

Nuclear Roundup November 20, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea South Korea fears further missile advances by North this year in threat to U.S. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-southkorea/south-korea-fears-further-missile-advances-by-north-this-year-in-threat-to-u-s-idUSKBN1DK0HO Kim Jong-un rushes to build submarine ‘that can fire nuclear missiles’ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kim-jong-un-rushes-to-build-submarine-that-can-fire-nuclear-missiles-dzrtjbl8w China Envoy Discusses ‘Situation of the Korean Peninsula’ With North https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/world/asia/north-korea-china-song-tao.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld&_r=0 United States Top general says he'd push back against 'illegal' nuclear strike order http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/18/politics/air-force-general-john-hyten-nuclear-strike-donald-trump/index.html What if the general says 'no' to president's nuclear order? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/general-presidents-nuclear-order-51270254 No one can prevent Trump from using nuclear weapons, experts say https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/11/19/no-one-can-prevent-trump-using-nuclear-weapons-experts-say/878673001/ What exactly is an illegal nuclear attack order? http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-exactly-is-an-illegal-nuclear-attack-order/article/2177004 Safeguarding Nuclear Launch Procedures: A Proposal https://www.lawfareblog.com/safeguarding-nuclear-launch-procedures-proposal Nuclear watchdog playing a vital role http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/36136256-78/nuclear-watchdog-playing-a-vital-role.html.csp UC to bid on Los Alamos contract, teeing up potential California-Texas contest over nuclear facility http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/UC-to-bid-on-Los-Alamos-contract-teeing-up-12370092.php Defense funding bill protects Los Alamos https://www.abqjournal.com/1094799/los-alamos.html NASA to test prototype Kilopower reactor http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/ON-NASA-to-test-prototype-Kilopower-reactor-1711174.html CBO's fuzzy math shouldn't stop nuclear defense modernization http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/361152-cbos-fuzzy-math-on-nuclear-defense-modernization-exaggerates-cost The Trump Doctrine: Making Nuclear Weapons Usable Again https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/11/20/trump-doctrine-making-nuclear-weapons-usable-again International US may let Cold War missile treaty die after Russian violations http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/us-may-let-cold-war-missile-treaty-die-after-russian-violations/article/2641090 Russia's Next Big Nuclear Missile Submarine Launches Tomorrow https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russia-apos-next-big-nuclear-015900962.html Nuclear stability, conventional instability: North Korea and the lessons from Pakistan https://warontherocks.com/2017/11/nuclear-stability-conventional-instability-north-korea-lessons-pakistan/ Indian nuclear build-up https://pakobserver.net/indian-nuclear-build/ Revealed: Inside Jordan's first nuclear research reactor https://www.thenational.ae/uae/science/revealed-inside-jordan-s-first-nuclear-research-reactor-1.677333 Top honour for 93-year-old engineer behind China’s first nuclear submarine http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2120605/top-honour-engineer-behind-chinas-first-nuclear Chernobyl disaster might have begun from nuclear blast: Study http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/chernobyl-disaster-might-have-begun-from-nuclear-blast-study-4946198/ GE faces lawsuit over role in Fukushima nuclear disaster https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/11/17/faces-lawsuit-over-role-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/LHeU66Nxd1jOLCV7DhwcoN/story.html General Interest Homes should not be abandoned after a big nuclear accident https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uob-hsn111717.php U.S. drafted request to deploy nukes on Honshu in 1960s, documents show https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/19/national/history/documents-show-u-s-mulled-requesting-deployment-nuclear-weapons-japan-1960s/#.WhLr34anFrQ 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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