A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.
North Korea
US believes current North Korea nuclear threat is manageable – White House
The Surprising First People to Know About North Korea’s Bomb Tests
Has N. Korea nuked itself out of a nuclear test site?
Congress warned North Korean EMP attack would kill ‘90% of all Americans’
America Could Subdue North Korea’s Nuclear Threats with a Not-So-Grand Bargain
How North Korean hackers stole 235 gigabytes of classified US and South Korean military plans
How a homemade tool helped North Korea’s missile program
United States
Pentagon has no plans to boost size of nuclear arsenal
Pelosi urges new law to limit president’s use of nuclear weapons
Trump’s loose talk on nuclear weapons suddenly becomes very real
Governor’s Nuclear Council grills MOX, NNSA on removal of plutonium timeline
Sen. Graham, ditch South Carolina’s failed nuclear waste project
200 construction workers laid off from MOX project
Hanford has world’s largest nuclear waste melters
International
Trump to set new conditions for U.S. to stay in Iran nuclear deal, tossing issue to Congress
Trump Won’t Certify Iran Nuclear Deal, but He Also Won’t Unravel It
Iran threatens to withdraw from nuclear deal if U.S. does: report
Russia’s Lavrov to Iran’s Zarif: Moscow Committed to Iran Nuclear Deal
Can the Iran deal work without the US?
The Iran nuclear deal isn’t so great — for Iran
India calls for action on Pakistan-N Korea nuclear-missile links
The Risks of Pakistan’s Sea-Based Nuclear Weapons
Securing Pakistan’s nuclear assets
India denounces call to give up nukes, sign NPT
How a Malaysian birthed an anti-nuclear arms campaign that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
Nuclear bomb dream that led to disaster at Windscale
General Interest
Could Hypersonic Weapons Make Nuclear War More Likely?
Thanks To North Korea, Nuclear Bunkers Are Making a Comeback — But How Effective Are They?
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