Nuclear Roundup: 10/31/2017
By Jodi Lieberman | October 31, 2017
A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.
North Korea
Up to 200 killed at North Korea’s nuclear test site: report
Is Mt. Mantap suffering from “Tired Mountain Syndrome?”
Jim Mattis: Officials ‘routinely’ rehearse response to North Korean nuclear attack
America is finally punishing China over North Korea’s deadly missile launchers
United States
More must be done to protect America’s nuclear power plants from cyberattacks
Here’s what we know about what Trump calls the Uranium to Russia deal
The repeated, incorrect claim that Russia obtained ‘20 percent of our uranium’
Four-month delay in details of plutonium release at Hanford raises questions
Same work crew, equipment involved in second Los Alamos plutonium contamination event
The danger of buying the Air Force’s next ballistic missile from the lowest bidder
WHOI releases study on lingering radioactivity following Pacific nuclear bomb testing
International
UN nuclear inspections chief sees no problems checking facilities in Iran
Russia may be building a nuclear-powered satellite that could fire lasers to charge spacecrafts
Saudi Arabia to extract uranium for ‘self-sufficient’ nuclear program
Why Saudi Arabia is doubling down on its nuclear program
The soaring business of nuclear shelters in Japan
Kobe Steel’s nuclear tentacles
Vatican to host high-level push against nuclear weapons
General Interest
Could this young physicist finally crack the code to nuclear fusion?
Is it ever really appropriate to use nuclear weapons?
U.S. plan to survive nuclear attack by Russia in the Cold War
Here’s some glow-in-the-dark ‘Plutonium’ soap that will make your showers slightly less boring
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Jodi Lieberman
Jodi Lieberman is a senior advisor at Argonne National Laboratory. She has previously held positions at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the... Read More
