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Monday, June 19, 2017

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup June 19, 2017

Nuclear Roundup
June 19, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

North Korea: Diplomatic delegation 'mugged' at JFK Airport

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/us/north-koreans-us-airport-confrontation/index.html

US, South Korea officials push diplomacy as North Korea's dictator grows paranoid of assassination

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/15/defense-secretary

Why North Korea is testing so many missiles

http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21723425-there-are-all-sort-theoriesnone-them-comforting-why-north-korea-testing-so-many-missiles

NK hoards operational nuclear and advanced chemical weapons: think tank

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170619000789

"Lousy options" as N. Korea races for long-range nuclear weapons

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-north-korea-nuclear-threat-military-no-good-options-norah-odonnell/

N. Korea demands S. Korea implement hands-off policy over its nuclear ambitions

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2017/06/19


Top North Korean Nuclear Negotiator Secretly Met With U.S. Diplomats

https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-north-korean-nuclear-negotiator-secretly-met-with-u-s-diplomats-1497783603

NORTH KOREA CLAIMS U.S. WAR AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE

http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-us-war-nuclear-weapons-climate-change-623825

United States

Safety lapses undermine nuclear warhead work at Los Alamos

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/safety-lapses-undermine-nuclear-warhead-work-at-los-alamos

Repeated safety lapses hobble Los Alamos National Laboratory’s work on the cores of U.S. nuclear warheads

https://apps.publicintegrity.org/nuclear-negligence/near-disaster/

The Challenge of Modernizing Nuclear Weapons

http://dailysignal.com/2017/06/12/challenge-modernizing-nuclear-weapons/

The Case of the Missing Numbers

http://allthingsnuclear.org/syoung/missing-numbers

Plutonium pits at core of new Savannah River Site debate

http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/plutonium-pits-at-core-of-new-savannah-river-site-debate

International

Senate passes measure to expand sanctions on Iran and Russia

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-eyes-irans-ballistic-missile-program-with-new-sanctions/

Sanders: New Iran sanctions could blow up nuclear deal

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/338014-sanders-new-iran-sanctions-could-blow-up-nuclear-deal

EU's Mogherini confident U.S. will stick to Iran nuclear deal

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu-idUSKBN1940WB

Iran Provokes US As Kerry Insists Nuclear Deal Made World Safer

http://www.westernjournalism.com/iran-provokes-u-s-as-kerry-insists-nuclear-deal-made-world-safer/

Is Donald Trump trying to push for a renegotiation of Iran nuclear deal by isolating the country further?

http://www.firstpost.com/world/is-donald-trump-trying-to-push-for-a-renegotiation-of-iran-nuclear-deal

Israeli Ambassador to US: Obama Administration Created ‘Alternative Universe’ to Sell Iran Nuclear Deal to American Public

https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/06/15/israeli-ambassador-to-us-obama-administration-created-alternative-universe-to-sell-iran-nuclear-deal-to-american-public/

Iran calls on US to fulfill commitments under nuclear deal

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/06/14/525285/Iran-US-nuclear-deal-IAEA-nuclear-deal

Is Iran complying with the nuclear deal? For the most part, yes

http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2017/jun/14/karen-handel/iran-complying-nuclear-deal-yes-small-hiccups/

This is why Iran should play a major role in the negotiations to ban nuclear weapons

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-nuclear-disarmament

On a tiny Norwegian island, posing as bird watchers, America keeps an eye on Russia’s missile program

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/on-a-tiny-norwegian-island-posing-as-bird-watchers-america-keeps-an-eye-on-russians-missile-program

China's nuclear weapons R&D attains highest level

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1052300.shtml

First counterterror drill for drone attack held at nuclear plant in Ehime

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/06/19/national

Plutonium found in urine of 5 workers exposed to radiation

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170619/p2g/00m/0dm/074000c

Nuclear power booms in Asia as US scientists innovate new technologies

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/jun/19/nuclear-power-booms-in-asia-as-us-scientists-innov/

715 Nuclear Weapons Tests Made Russia an Atomic Superpower (But at a Massive Cost)

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/715-nuclear-weapons-tests-made-russia-atomic-superpower-21116

General Interest

Can women save the world?

http://thebulletin.org/can-women-save-world10841

Nuclear decommissioning: sending the robots in

http://www.power-technology.com/features/featurenuclear-decommissioning-sending-the-robots-in-5845251/

The nuclear weapons ban and the NPT

http://thebulletin.org/nuclear-weapons-ban-and-npt

Revitalizing Internationalism through the Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

https://www.justsecurity.org/42200/revitalizing-internationalism-convention-prohibition-nuclear-weapons/


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