Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup January 11, 2018

Nuclear Roundup January 11, 2018

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea Disturbing things you never knew about North Korea's nuclear weapons http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/disturbing-things-you-never-knew-about-north-koreas-nuclear-24007 Is the US preparing for preventive war? Views from North Korea http://www.38north.org/2018/01/avorontsov011018/ Japan’s role in the North Korea nuclear crisis https://allthingsnuclear.org/gkulacki/japans-role-in-the-north-korea-nuclear-crisis Why Trump's national security adviser thinks it might soon be time to bomb North Korea http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-national-security-adviser-mcmaster-bloody-nose-north-korea-2018-1 A Kazakhstan model for North Korea nuclear settlement https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-kazakhstan-model-for-north-korea-nuclear-settlement_us_5a566f0ee4b088f20c39591d Nuclear buttons and sunsets https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/nuclear-buttons-sunsets/ United States Senators optimistic on plan to avoid collapse of Iran nuclear deal https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/10/senate-iran-deal-corker-cardin-335344?lo=ap_e1 Trump could kill the Iran nuclear deal on Friday — but he probably won’t https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/11/16826786/trump-iran-deal-sanctions-withdraw Blair: Strengthening checks on presidential nuclear launch authority https://www.armscontrol.org/sites/default/files America’s most powerful nuclear weapon almost killed the people who helped build it http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/americas-most-powerful-nuclear-weapon-almost-killed-the-24004 Would 90 percent of Americans really die from an EMP attack? Some think so. http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/would-90-percent-americans-really-die-emp-attack-some-think-24005 NNSA conducts first disaster response drill with USAID https://nnsa.energy.gov/blog/nnsa-conducts-first-disaster-response-drill-usaid International European powers urge Trump to preserve Iran nuclear deal https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu/european-powers-urge-trump-to-preserve-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1F00XN Russia, Iran say to adhere to nuclear deal http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/11/c_136886185.htm Boris Johnson to raise Iran protests in nuclear deal talks https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-to-raise-iran-protests-in-nuclear-deal-talks/ Cyberattack could lead to inadvertent nuclear strike, think tank warns https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cyberattack-could-lead-inadvertent-nuclear-strike-think-tank-warns-n836731 Link to report: https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse General Interest How to prepare your campus for a nuclear attack https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/emergency/campus-nuclear-attack-preparation/ 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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