Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 8/29/2017

By Jodi Lieberman, August 29, 2017

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

North Korea

North Korea fires missile over Japan in ‘unprecedented threat’

Trump says ‘all options on table’ after North Korea launches missile over Japan

North Korea may be preparing for sixth nuclear weapon test, South Korea says

Russia Flies Nuclear-Capable Bombers Near North Korea

North Korea missile: ‘Most serious missile launch yet’

North Korea missile launch: Are US options diminishing?

North Korea: The End of the Nuclear Taboo?

How Russia Can Help the United States Defuse the Korean Crisis

United States

How to keep Trump’s thumb off the nuclear button

US Nuclear Weapons Center unveils new nuke weapons contacts

New LRSO Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missile vs High-Tech Air Defenses

B61-12 Continues to Meet Qualification Test Schedule

Team to use virtual reality to help with real-world arms control

The Air Force Uses Ex-Nuclear Missiles to Loft Satellites Into Space

International

White House ‘pressuring’ intelligence officials to find Iran in violation of nuclear deal

France’s Emmanuel Macron backs Iran nuclear deal, says ‘no alternative’

Iran shrugs off U.S. “dream” demand on nuclear deal

Donald Trump’s nuclear obsession with Iran is misplaced

Invitation to a Nuclear Armed Iran and Global Nuclear Proliferation

Bolton: How to Get Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal

John Bolton offers plan to leave Iran nuclear deal

The Results of the Iran Nuclear Deal

The rising American chorus for a nuclear Japan

France’s Nuclear Arsenal Could Kill Millions of People in Minutes

IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Bank Launches in Kazakhstan, Significant Milestone for NTI-Backed Nuclear Security Initiative

IAEA LEU Bank Reaches Milestone with Storage Facility Inauguration in Kazakhstan

U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Opens Uranium Bank in Kazakhstan

Supporting Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Ghana Converts Research Reactor from HEU to LEU Fuel

General Interest

Need for legally-bound ban against nuclear testing: UN chief Antonio Guterres

The Day After traumatized a generation with the horrors of nuclear war

Pollack: Bombs and Dollars

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