Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 5/15/2018

By Jodi Lieberman, May 15, 2018

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.

Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister visits Russia and China to try to save nuclear deal

With few options, Iran, Europe try to save nuclear deal

EU tells Iran it will try to protect firms from US sanctions

We have no Iran policy

By ending the Iran deal, Trump has put America on the path to war

North Korea

We’re setting ourselves up for failure on North Korea

The past 72 hours in surprising North Korea news, explained

Safety, verification questions hang over North Korea’s plan to close nuclear site

Two Koreas to hold talks as North prepares to shut test site

North Korea has begun dismantlement of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site

United States

Is this the dawn of a new era of nuclear proliferation?

As US demands nuclear disarmament, it moves to expand its own arsenal

Could North Korea’s nuclear weapon arsenal end up in Tennessee?

NuScale’s small modular nuclear reactor passes biggest hurdle yet

International

As nuclear war risk grows, where is your nearest public shelter? Sweden, probably

Preventing nuclear terrorism in South Asia

General Interest

The bumpy road to non-proliferation treaty review process

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

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