Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup December 15, 2017

Nuclear Roundup December 15, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea In phone call, Trump and Putin talk economy, North Korean nuclear threat https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-phone-call-trump-and-putin-talk-economy-north-korean-nuclear-threat North Korean nuclear reactor safety: The threat no one is talking about http://www.38north.org/2017/12/mkorda121417/ North Korea may have accidentally broadcast alarming nuclear bomb detail https://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/12/15/10/38/north-korea-may-have-accidentally-broadcast-alarming-nuclear-bomb-detail Experts are obsessing over whether this photo shows a North Korean nuclear weapon https://qz.com/1156751/north-korea-nuclear-weapon-experts-are-obsessing-over-this-photo/ Lindsey Graham: There's a 30 percent chance Trump attacks North Korea https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/12/lindsey-graham-war-north-korea-trump/548381/ United States NATO concerned Russian missile system breaks Cold War pact https://apnews.com/e8b9be4195cf414f84eed62f585c1edc/NATO-concerned-Russian-missile-system-breaks-Cold-War-pact Newly declassified nuclear test videos released https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171214142132.htm DOE takes bungling to a new level at LANL https://www.abqjournal.com/1107041/doe-takes-bungling-to-a-new-level-at-lanl-ex-risk-management-would-increase-chances-for-success-for-nuclear-projects.html Why America's nuclear aircraft carriers need a mission adjustment http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-americas-nuclear-aircraft-carriers-need-mission-23659 International Haley displays missile as evidence Iran violating nuclear deal https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/haley-displays-missile-evidence-iran-violating-nuclear-deal-n829761 Haley’s ‘Smoking Gun’ on Iran Met With Skepticism at U.N. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/14/nikki-haley-yemen-houthi-rebels-iran-missiles-press-conference-pentagon-skepticism-united-nations-trump-nuclear-deal-diplomacy/ Iran says weaponry displayed by Haley is 'fabricated' https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-arms/iran-says-weaponry-displayed-by-haley-is-fabricated-idUSKBN1E82MC Russia says Iran nuclear deal breakdown would hurt effort to manage North Korea https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-russia-iran/russia-says-iran-nuclear-deal-breakdown-would-hurt-effort-to-manage-north-korea-idUSKBN1E90Q6 Russia’s Mayak issues partial admission to radioactive ruthenium leak http://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-12-russias-mayak-issues-partial-admission-to-radioactive-ruthenium-release General Interest Nuclear virtual reality comes to the holidays https://thebulletin.org/playing-nuclear-war11351 Graap and Hilts: US, other nations must eliminate the threat of nuclear destruction http://tucson.com/opinion/local/graap-and-hilts-us-other-nations-must-eliminate-the-threat/article_ae407560-bde1-5882-943e-ceb026ecfbe7.html How to prepare for a nuclear attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/12/14/how-to-prepare-for-a-nuclear-attack/?utm_term=.6c8e7ba92037 Free lunch alert! A hydrogen – boron solution for “clean” nuclear fusion https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/14/free-lunch-alert-hydrogen-boron-solution-clean-nuclear-fusion/ 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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