Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 6/4/2018

By Jodi Lieberman, June 4, 2018

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.

North Korea

How Kim Jong-un and Trump differ on denuclearization 

North Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit: US official 

North Korea has taken big steps. Now it’s Trump’s turn to show goodwill 

UN nuclear chief says work in North Korea could resume quickly 

South Korea’s nuclear envoy departs for Russia 

Mattis warns of bumpy road to US, North Korea nuclear summit 

Hiding and biding no longer: How China could emerge the big winner of Korean peninsula diplomacy 

A nuclear deal with North Korea would require unprecedented access to secret weapons sites 

Lessons of a collapsed North Korean nuclear deal 

Iran

IAEA chief renews call to Iran to cooperate on inspections 

Iran calls on world to stand up to Trump, save nuclear deal 

How Israel tried to destroy Iran’s nuclear program: Assassinate the scientists

United States

Congress works to revive long-delayed plan to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain 

The US has lost the nuclear race 

International

Russia’s Su-57 might have a sneaky little trick up its sleeve: Nuclear weapons 

What was the fallout from Fukushima? 

Expectations from NSG forthcoming plenary 

General Interest

Meet the UN’s nuclear inspectors 

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