Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 6/26/2017

By Jodi Lieberman, June 26, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

US spy satellites detect activity at North Korean nuclear test site

HOW TO SURVIVE NUCLEAR WAR: JAPAN WARNS CITIZENS ABOUT NORTH KOREA ATTACK

This is North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Strategy

James Clapper a Cold War hawk with plan to bring North Korea to table

CIA Director Pompeo: Trump asks me about North Korea every day

U.S. AND CHINA TO END NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM?

North Korea’s Military Capabilities

Graham: Time to Negotiate With North Korea

Sanctions in Search of a Strategy

United States

Defense bill would limit implementation of nuclear arms treaty with Russia

The other treaty on the chopping block

Navy Increases Design Support for its New Fleet of Nuclear-Armed “Columbia-Class” Submarines

These workers’ lives are endangered while contractors running nuclear weapons plants make millions

Scrutiny intensifies over safety at US nuclear weapons lab

FIVE MYTHS ABOUT A CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR WEAPON

Fifty years of the Advanced Test Reactor at INL

International

Has Iran laid the groundwork to develop nuclear weapons on a moment’s notice?

If the Iran deal is to survive, the west must change course

Is the Iran Nuclear Deal in Trouble Again?

Cotton: US policy should be regime change in Iran

TRUMP WILL START ‘NO WIN ARMS RACE’ WITH RUSSIA BY SCRAPPING NUCLEAR MISSILE DEAL, WARNS MOSCOW’S DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHIEF

Should the US pull its nuclear weapons out of Turkey?

Jeremy Corbyn wants to scrap Trident nuclear plan, says Michael Eavis

This Is What Happens When a Russian Nuclear Submarine Slams into a U.S. Sub

Thousands protest against Belgian nuclear reactors

Japan should join negotiations to ban nuclear weapons

Resin stuck on plutonium could be to blame for Ibaraki accident

IAEA Tests Global Emergency Response in Largest Ever Nuclear Accident Simulation

General Interest

It’s Time To Ban Nuclear Weapons For Good

The ban treaty: A big nuclear-weapon-free zone?

Moving forward on the CTBT

Polonium, then and now: chilling experiments and assassinations

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