Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 3/15/2018

By Jodi Lieberman, March 15, 2018

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.

North Korea

N Korean foreign minister flies to Sweden amid Trump-Kim talks prep

Yes, canned soup may be fueling N Korea’s air force

Fault on both sides: 25 years of N Korea negotiations

The Pyongyang-Tehran axis

How a nuclear attack on N Korea would spark a global cancer epidemic

United States

Officials study proposal to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium at WIPP

Why was a call for US-Russia strategic dialogue met with silence?

Why America must modernize its nuclear force

International

US CENTCOM chief says nuclear deal “addresses” Iran threats

Inside the US nuclear sub challenging Russia in the Arctic

Russian nukes: facts vs. fiction

Putin’s boasting about nuclear weapons won’t help him in the Russian election

President Putin thumps his chest

Saudi crown prince says will develop nuclear bomb if Iran does: CBS TV

A cautionary tale for dealing with Riyadh

General Interest

Scheinman: To prevent nuclear war, borrow from 1973

Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion

The Guardian view on fusion: A moment of truth

Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com.

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