Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup Marach 14, 2018

Nuclear Roundup March 14, 2018

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea The State Department is riddled with key vacancies as Trump seeks nuclear talks with N Korea Poll: Voters divided on Trump meeting N Korean leader The new Secretary of State is a N Korea hawk Does N Korea really have a nuclear bomb? What can be done for a nuclear deal with N Korea? United States Trump eyes replacing his Veterans Affairs secretary with his energy chief With Pompeo's rise, uncertainty deepens for Iran nuclear deal New boss at State Department, but same Russia problem for Trump Here's where Trump's new Secretary of State pick Mike Pompeo stands on Iran nuclear deal, Russian hacking, and NSA spying Nuclear weapons program bogged down by distrust between Energy Department and Pentagon, report says On the presidential first use of nuclear weapons The US Navy should start weaning its reactors off bomb-grade uranium Could Donald Trump start a nuclear war? Maryland firm fined $2M for bribing Russian nuclear official US may keep Idaho nuclear waste plant running longer Sandia Labs completes nuclear triathlon to test spent fuel safety International Gulf Arabs relish Tillerson firing; Iran weighs nuclear deal US general signals support for Iran nuclear deal How to save the Iran nuclear deal Putin says Russia’s new weapons can’t be beat. With AI and robotics, they can. Sudan/Russian nuclear power cooperation poses proliferation risk Saudi cabinet approves nuclear power program national policy: SPA General Interest Interest in small nuclear reactors is growing. So are fears they aren’t viable. 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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