Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup December 11, 2017

Nuclear Roundup December 11, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea South Korea’s Moon to press Xi on Pyongyang nuclear crisis https://www.ft.com/content/5611072c-daf6-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482 Top S. Korean diplomat calls for building effective communication lines with N. Korea http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2017/12 Aftershocks likely from September test detected from North Korea nuclear site: USGS https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-tremors/aftershocks Why North Korea’s nuclear test is still producing aftershocks http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42305161 The North Korea debate sounds eerily familiar http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/12/north-korea-debate-sounds-eerily-familiar/144435/?oref=defenseone_today_nl In a nuclear standoff with North Korea more than two decades ago, American foresaw a costly victory http://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2017/12/10/In-a-nuclear-standoff-with-North-Korea A game of chicken in the Korean peninsula http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-game-of-chicken-in-the-korean-peninsula/article21386428.ece North Korea will respect mutually assured destruction — not diplomacy http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/364239-north-korea-will-respect-mutually-assured-destruction-not-diplomacy North Korea is a nuclear state. But can the U.S. accept that? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-is-a-nuclear-state-but-can-the-us-accept-that United States US says it may restart intermediate nuclear missile development https://www.ft.com/content/0f60026a-ddd0-11e7-a8a4-0a1e63a52f9c White House names Trump loyalist to Iran policy job at State Department http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/08/white-house-names-trump-loyalist-to-iran-policy-job International Russia says it is fully committed to nuclear missile pact https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear/russia-says-it-is-fully-committed-to-nuclear-missile-pact-idUSKBN1E30HZ Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R43832.pdf Asia in the ‘second nuclear age’ – assessing the risks of a nuclear exchange http://ewn.co.za/2017/12/11/asia-in-the-second-nuclear-age-assessing-the-risks-of-a-nuclear-exchange Israel's 54-year-old nuclear reactor a safety risk http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/israels-54-year-nuclear-reactor-safety-risk-171209153124924.html India's admission into Wassenaar Arrangement may be ticket to NSG, key to decreasing world's nuclear stockpile http://www.firstpost.com/world/indias-admission-into-wassenaar-arrangement-may-be-ticket-to-nsg Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN warns nuclear war 'a tantrum away' http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42298453 The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winner wants to ban nuclear weapons. Here’s why the US is opposed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/12/11/the-2017-nobel-peace-prize-winner Nuclear weapons: In conversation with ICAN http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/nuclear-weapons-conversation-ican-171207055118368.html IAEA hosts workshop on nuclear or radiological accident assessment and prognosis https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-hosts-workshop-on-nuclear-or-radiological-accident-assessment-and-prognosis Swedish banks allow investment in nuclear weapons: report https://www.thelocal.se/20171210/swedish-banks-allow-investment-in-nuclear-weapons-report France takes mysterious radioactive mushrooms off the menu http://www.atimes.com/article/france-takes-mysterious-radioactive-mushrooms-off-menu/ General Interest Should we pay the staggering economic and human costs of nuclear weapons? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/should-we-pay-the-staggering-economic-and-human-costs_us_5a2df1d5e4b0d7c3f2622437 Our View: Nuclear threat brings world closer to ‘midnight’ http://www.pressherald.com/2017/12/10/our-view-nuclear-threat-brings-world-closer-to-midnight/ I’m a proud nuclear-missile owner https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/18/im-a-proud-nuclear-missile-owner Nuclear technology unlocks 50-million-year-old time capsules https://phys.org/news/2017-12-nuclear-technology-million-year-old-capsules.html 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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