Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 8/8/2017

By Jodi Lieberman, August 8, 2017

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

North Korea

Japan Warns North Korea Nuclear Threat Has Entered ‘New Stage’

Japan, South Korea and U.S. plan international push to denuclearize North

North Korea says nuclear arms aimed only at US

Tillerson in Thailand presses for more action on North Korea

The U.N. has placed more sanctions on North Korea. That’s not enough.

A Rare Round of Diplomacy from North Korea’s Top Diplomat

Trump’s North Korea strategy: A lot like Obama’s

North Korea Rails Against New Sanctions. Whether They Will Work Is Unclear.

Chicago Council: North Korea now seen as a top threat facing the United States

Talk to North Korea to avert a nuclear disaster: an interview with Siegfried Hecker

The Korean nuclear crisis and echoes of 1945

How Trump’s Iran Threats Could Backfire—in North Korea

North Korea doesn’t just want nuclear weapons for defense — it wants them to retake South Korea

Trump tries diplomacy in countering North Korea’s nuclear provocation

United States

The Geopolitical Costs of America’s Nuclear Winter

Editorial: Judge correct in MOX ruling

Hanford’s full story is worthy of national-park status

Spencer: Is ‘Bombs for Profits’ A Good Model for A Nuclear Weapons Lab?

James Peery Named Chief Scientist of the Global Security Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

International

Scrap the nuclear deal to make sure Iran sanctions work

The Europeans have 90 days to save the nuclear agreement with Iran

The Nuclear Posture Review and the Future of the INF Treaty

Russia to improve nuclear protection force by adding new robots to deal with future threats

Could a North Korean ICBM Test Trigger a Nuclear War Between Russia and America?

Nuclear-concerned Norway wants to give iodine tablets to citizens

General Interest

[The Scheinmans] Nonproliferation across the generations

IAEA Nuclear Safeguards Inspector vacancy (P-3, entry level inspector)

IAEA Nuclear Safeguards Inspector vacancy (P-4)

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