Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 11/1/2017

By Jodi Lieberman, November 1, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.

North Korea

South Korea’s Moon says cannot recognize North Korea as nuclear state

Exclusive: US pursues direct diplomacy with North Korea despite Trump rejection

North Korea’s plenty scary without an overhyped EMP threat

Report: North Korea runs hospital to treat nuclear radiation patients

Dems tout bill aimed at preventing pre-emptive strike on North Korea

United States

Trillion-dollar nuclear arms plan sets up budget brawl

Approaches for managing the costs of US nuclear forces, 2017 to 2046

15 subs kept out of service: 177 months of drydock backups

Letter from William J. Perry and James E. Cartwright to President Trump

International

Nuclear scientists urge US Congress to preserve Iran deal

Iran debuts nuclear power plant in Bushehr

United States blocks Iran from fusion megaproject

Trump’s hostility to nuclear deal could polarise Iranian opinion even further

In defense of the Iranian nuclear agreement

Russia will test ‘unstoppable’ Satan missile by end of 2017, says military

Nuclear Saudi Arabia risks inflaming Middle East tensions

South Korea will not develop or possess nuclear weapons, President Moon says

New Nuclear Notebook: A history of US nuclear weapons in South Korea

Drone delivers food to Japan town hit by nuclear disaster

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