A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.
North Korea
‘North Korea is a time bomb’: government advisers urge China to prepare for war
S. Korea will ‘tirelessly’ seek diplomatic solution to N.K. nuke issue: top diplomat
N. Korea unmoved as world unites against its nuke ambitions
A Tillerson slip offers a peek into secret planning on North Korea
Rocket men: The team building North Korea’s nuclear missile
Mattis says North Korean ICBM not yet a ‘capable threat’ against US
S. Korean, US forces hold drill for removing North Korea’s WMDs
4 things the world learned from North Korea in 2017
North Korea may soon test another nuclear weapon (the only question is where)
Talk of attacking Pyongyang getting ‘carried away,’ Kasich says
The North Korea crisis in regional context
We are sleepwalking toward war with North Korea
United States
How the US Department of Energy shapes North Korea policy
Trump National Security Strategy sees US confronting China and Russia
‘Foolish’ Trump should not be allowed to sink nuclear deal: ex-White House official
How Trump is protecting Europe from Russian nukes
Responding to BASIC and ELN’s “Changing Nuclear Weapons Policy in the Trump Era” report
Solution developed for Hanford vit plant could help nuclear industry
The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook
International
Russia’s Lavrov and Iran’s Zarif discuss nuclear issue by phone: Russia
Iran’s “Kitten” cyber hackers poised to strike if Trump shreds nuke deal
Possibility of nuclear war in South Asia cannot be ruled out: Pak NSA
Cyber security at nuclear facilities: US-Russian joint support needed
Nadezhda Kutepova: Life in Russia’s secret nuclear city
The Russian villagers living in the shadow of a nuclear tragedy
Japan power companies face surging nuclear fuel recycling costs
Nuclear deterrence and Pakistan’s second-strike capability in Indian Ocean region
General Interest
Expert: EMP weapons are a “loony idea”
Pulse Films goes nuclear with drama series ‘Atomic Bazaar’
‘Doomsday Machine’ highlights threat of nuclear weapons
The internet has made nuclear war thinkable – again
Edwin McMillan and Glenn Seaborg, discoverers of new elements and isotopes
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