Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup March 12, 2018

Nuclear Roundup March 12, 2018

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea Meet me in Pyongyang: an interview with Siegfried Hecker Trump under pressure over chaotic approach to North Korea nuclear talks South Korea moves to ease Chinese jitters over US-North Korea talks House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy: Trump's vulgarity gets results — just look at North Korea Cory Gardner: North Korea must take more steps toward nuclear disarmament before talks Plumes seen at plutonium plant may belie Kim’s disarmament talk Trump isn't the first US President to get a North Korean invite. But he's the first to accept. Advice for Trump on North Korea, from a veteran of nuclear diplomacy North Korea nuclear deal would require major US concession too Don't get played: 6 demands Trump must make before a US-North Korea summit North Korea's nuclear ambitions and abilities The one missile Kim Jong-un might test before meeting Trump The 3 big obstacles to success if Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un meet Trump is in a worse position with North Korea than Obama was at the start of the Iran talks United States Mattis, Pompeo dismiss Putin’s touting of Russian nuclear weapons Location, location, location: evaluating risks to submarines from low-yield warhead and submarine missile launch detection Trump's new “low-yield” nuclear weapon: two bad ideas rolled into one Injured nuclear workers finally had support. The Trump administration has mothballed it. International Russia releases footage of new “Kinzhal” nuclear-capable air-launched missile Vladimir Putin says he will destroy the world with nuclear weapons if Russia is threatened Pompeo: America “safe” from Russia Why Putin's nuclear cruise missile could entangle the world in a nuclear war From the Baltics to the Middle East: Russia’s rising threat Putin flexed nuclear muscle but the West refuses to recognize a Russian threat Trump told Netanyahu US will withdraw from Iran deal if demands aren’t met: report Trump-Kim meeting could have negative implications for Iranian nuclear deal, officials say Remembering Hitoshi Yoshioka, who fought gov't nuclear policy from inside Senior center offers long-term temporary housing, hope 7 years after Fukushima nuclear crisis Fukushima 360: walk through a ghost town in the nuclear disaster zone – video Fukushima's long road to recovery General Interest How the world's inventory of nuclear weapons grew — then shrunk again 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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