Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundupn December 19, 2017

Nuclear Roundup December 19, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea North Korea executes official in charge of nuclear test site: Report http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-purges-and-executes-official-charge-nuclear-test-site-report-752196 HR McMaster weighs in on North Korea nuclear threat http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-42403260/hr-mcmaster-weighs-in-on-north-korea-nuclear-threat North Korea nuclear weapons up for grabs if regime falls http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-up-for-grabs North Korea weapons ‘sprint’ revives specter of nuclear exchange https://www.timesofisrael.com/north-korea-weapons-sprint-revives-specter-of-nuclear-exchange/ All I want for Christmas is a new North Korea strategy https://www.cato.org/blog/all-i-want-christmas-new-north-korea-strategy United States US bars drones over nuclear sites for security reasons https://www.voanews.com/a/us-bars-drones-nuclear-sites/4169110.html US could broaden its use of nuclear weapons, Trump administration signals https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/18/nuclear-weapons-trump-national-security-strategy Trump revives Cold War rhetoric in foreign policy plan: Nuclear weapons ‘foundation’ of strategy http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/trump North Korea and Iran are footnotes in Trump’s national security speech http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/north-korea-and-iran-are-footnotes-in-trumps-defense-speech.html Why America built 3,000 of these simple nuclear weapons https://www.wearethemighty.com/gear-tech/why-america-built-3000-of-these-simple-nuclear-weapons International Iran says Trump cannot cause collapse of nuclear deal: TV https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-nuclear/iran-says-trump-cannot-cause-collapse-of-nuclear-deal-tv-idUSKBN1ED0PO Russia got rid of its Cold War-era nukes in Europe—now it wants the US to do the same http://www.newsweek.com/russia-wants-cold-war-era-us-nukes-out-europe-751277 The Central Asian country powering the world’s nuclear needs http://www.ozy.com/acumen/the-central-asian-country-powering-the-worlds-nuclear-needs/82782 Nuclear power's resurgence in the Middle East https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Nuclear-Powers-Resurgence-In-The-Middle-East.html General Interest The problem of nuclear weapons and agreements to not use them https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/99997729/the-problem-of-nuclear-weapons-and-agreements-to-not-use-them 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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