Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 6/27/2017

By Jodi Lieberman, June 27, 2017

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

North Korea

North Korea can now target Japan with a nuclear missile

North Korea Can Produce Hydrogen Bomb but Is Not Likely To, Stanford Professor Says

North Korea at the top of agenda as South Korea’s new president comes to D.C.

United States

House bill threatens Russia with nuclear treaty suspension

ICBM Country: Ogden Air Logistics Complex restoring Air Force’s nuclear launch facilities

Senate confirms nuclear chief Svinicki to new 5-year term

NNSA To Issue Public Notice for Intent To Compete Management And Operating Contract For LANL

Editorial: Plutonium pit switcharoo? Shifting pit production to SRS is no easy task

LANL defends plutonium facility after critical report

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Questions Energy Secretary On Safety And Future Of Plutonium Mission at LANL

International

Growing Nuclear Arsenals Increase Concerns About Possible Pakistan-India War

Has South Korea renounced “nuclear hedging?”

How a regional nuclear-free-weapon zone can benefit Japan

RUSSIA FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILE IN ARCTIC MILITARY TESTS

Russia starts cleaning up Cold War-era nuclear waste

Nuclear Safeguards Conclusions Presented in 2016 Safeguards Implementation Report

General Interest

Nunn, Ivanov, Browne and Ischinger: Open Letter to President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin

Baker: Notes on Late Exterminism, the Trump Stage of Civilization

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