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Friday, September 15, 2017

The Nuclear Deal Is Only Half of It | The Weekly Standard

The Nuclear Deal Is Only Half of It | The Weekly Standard

North Korea shows capability of striking Guam with missiles:The Asahi Shimbun

North Korea shows capability of striking Guam with missiles:The Asahi Shimbun

Trump Advisers Secretly Met With Jordan’s King While One Was Pushing A Huge Nuclear Power Deal


Trump Advisers Secretly Met With Jordan’s King While One Was Pushing A Huge Nuclear Power Deal

Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, and Steve Bannon met with King Abdullah II while Flynn was reportedly pressing for a controversial, for-profit deal to build nuclear power plants in the Middle East.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/trump-advisors-secretly-met-with-jordans-king-while-one-was?utm_term=.uo9qkaaXa#.qb1G1llrl

Kim Jong Un — smart and strategic? - The Washington Post

Kim Jong Un — smart and strategic? - The Washington Post

Abort the Iran Nuclear Deal and Increase the North Korean Nuclear Threat to the US « LobeLog

Abort the Iran Nuclear Deal and Increase the North Korean Nuclear Threat to the US « LobeLog

Tillerson urges China to cut off North Korea’s oil supply to halt nuclear weapons programme | South China Morning Post

Tillerson urges China to cut off North Korea’s oil supply to halt nuclear weapons programme | South China Morning Post

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup September 15, 2017

Nuclear Roundup
September 15, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

North Korea fires another missile, less than 2 weeks after nuclear bomb test

http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-fires-missile-near-pyongyang-south-korea-japan-2017-9

Japan calls latest North Korean missile launch a 'serious act of provocation'

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-north-korea-launch-20170914-story.html

A South Korean delegation asks Washington for nuclear weapons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/09/14/a-south-korean-delegation-asks-washington-for-nuclear-weapons/?utm_term=.4603843819d6

U.S. nuclear commander assumes North Korea tested H-bomb Sept. 3

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-nuclear-commander-assumes-north-korea-tested-h-bomb-sept-3/

Even now no one in the world can tell whether North Korea exploded a hydrogen bomb

https://qz.com/1078290/did-north-korea-successfully-test-a-hydrogen-bomb/

Tillerson urges China to cut off North Korea’s oil supply to halt nuclear weapons programme

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2111268/tillerson-urges-china-cut-north-koreas-oil-supply-halt

Behind the Scenes / North Korea’s relentless nuclear advance

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003934204

How Russia Sees A Nuclear North Korea

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/15/551163434/how-russia-sees-a-nuclear-north-korea

Sagan: The Korean Missile Crisis

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2017-09-10/korean-missile-crisis?cid=nlc-fa_twofa-20170914

The US has to accept North Korea as a nuclear power

http://www.salon.com/2017/09/15/the-us-has-to-accept-north-korea-as-a-nuclear-power_partner/

United States

Legislators review once-secret report on nuclear project

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/legislators-review-once-secret-report-on-nuclear-project/2017/09/15/da3c6006-9a0e-11e7-af6a-6555caaeb8dc_story.html?utm_term=.afe655c86d74

Oak Ridge parts crash into Saturn with Cassini probe

http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2017/09/15/oak-ridge-parts-crash-into-saturn-cassini-probe/667551001/

International

Trump Signals He Will Choose Approach on Iran That Preserves Nuclear Deal

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/world/middleeast/trump-iran-deal-sanctions-deadline.html?_r=0

Iran Says U.S. 'Seeking Excuses' To Tear Up Nuclear Deal

https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-united-states-nuclear-deal-seeking-excuses/28737066.html

Tillerson Says Iran ‘Clearly in Default’ of Nuclear Deal’s Terms

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-14/tillerson-says-iran-clearly-in-default-of-iran-deal-s-terms

Verifying the nuclear ban: Lessons from South Africa

http://thebulletin.org/verifying-nuclear-ban-lessons-south-africa11106

General Interest

In the shadow of Fat Man and Little Boy: how the stigma of nuclear war was unraveled

https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2017/sep/15/in-the-shadow-of-fat-man-and-little-boy-how-the-stigma-of-nuclear-war-was-unravelled

Almost 50 Years Ago, A US Nuclear Submarine Went on a Secret Russia Spy Mission (And Sank)

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/almost-50-years-ago-us-nuclear-submarine-went-secret-russia-22296

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Hurricane Irma devastates the Caribbean Islands!

CRS Emergency Response
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Cuba and other Caribbean islands–especially the Antilles–remain the most affected, with loss of life and “incalculable damage” to homes, schools and crops, according to government reports.
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The Energy Collective Daily: Who Will Protect Householders in the Democratization of the Energy Sector

Who Will Protect Householders in the Democratization of the Energy Sector? | The Energy Collective Daily

Link to The Energy Collective

Flynn is in a lot of trouble over a nuclear power deal he kept secret – ThinkProgress

Flynn is in a lot of trouble over a nuclear power deal he kept secret – ThinkProgress

Flynn is in a lot of trouble over a nuclear power deal he kept secret – ThinkProgress

Flynn is in a lot of trouble over a nuclear power deal he kept secret – ThinkProgress

Exclusive: Saudi Arabia plans to launch nuclear power tender next month - sources

Exclusive: Saudi Arabia plans to launch nuclear power tender next month - sources

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)Meeting



NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
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EMEC generates world's first tidal-powered hydrogen - Energy Business Review

EMEC generates world's first tidal-powered hydrogen - Energy Business Review

First ever hydrogen from tidal power produced in Orkney The Engineer

First ever hydrogen from tidal power produced in Orkney The Engineer

Wave and Tidal Energy Market to Experience Significant CAGR of 10.2% from 2017 to 2023


Wave and Tidal Energy Market to Experience Significant CAGR of 10.2% from 2017 to 2023


http://heraldkeeper.com/featured/wave-tidal-energy-market-experience-significant-cagr-10-2-2017-2023-34240.html

US 'seeking excuses' to end nuclear deal, Iranian official says | Middle East Eye

US 'seeking excuses' to end nuclear deal, Iranian official says | Middle East Eye

Timeline: DPRK missile and nuclear tests - CGTN

Timeline: DPRK missile and nuclear tests - CGTN

What is the future of nuclear power? - EE Publishers

What is the future of nuclear power? - EE Publishers

Duterte deeply concerned over NoKor’s recent nuclear activities » Manila Bulletin News

Duterte deeply concerned over NoKor’s recent nuclear activities » Manila Bulletin News

U.S. expert opposes stationing U.S. nuclear weapons in Taiwan

U.S. expert opposes stationing U.S. nuclear weapons in Taiwan

Call for action on nuclear energy - World Nuclear Association

Call for action on nuclear energy - World Nuclear Association

Signs under Budapest Memorandum provide less security then nuclear charge, - Poroshenko - Signs under Budapest Memorandum provide less security then nuclear charge, - Poroshenko - 112.international

Signs under Budapest Memorandum provide less security then nuclear charge, - Poroshenko - Signs under Budapest Memorandum provide less security then nuclear charge, - Poroshenko - 112.international

Shamkhani: US Seeking Excuses to Tear up Nuclear Deal – Al-Manar TV Lebanon

Shamkhani: US Seeking Excuses to Tear up Nuclear Deal – Al-Manar TV Lebanon

Moon reiterates stance against redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons in CNN interview : International : News : The Hankyoreh

Moon reiterates stance against redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons in CNN interview : International : News : The Hankyoreh

Hurricane Harvey Caused 10,000 MW in Outages, Increased Wind Production - Power Engineering

Hurricane Harvey Caused 10,000 MW in Outages, Increased Wind Production - Power Engineering

Valve Opens Unexpectedly During Cook Nuclear Reactor Shutdown - Power Engineering

Valve Opens Unexpectedly During Cook Nuclear Reactor Shutdown - Power Engineering

WIPP marks TRU shipment milestone

WIPP marks TRU shipment milestone


http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-WIPP-marks-TRU-shipment-milestone-1309177.html

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Saudi Arabia to Announce Country’s First Nuclear Reactor Soon, Insiders Say - Sputnik International

Saudi Arabia to Announce Country’s First Nuclear Reactor Soon, Insiders Say - Sputnik International

EIA projects 28% increase in world energy use by 2040 - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

EIA projects 28% increase in world energy use by 2040 - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Renewables Can't Save the Planet. Only Nuclear Can — Environmental Progress

Renewables Can't Save the Planet. Only Nuclear Can — Environmental Progress

Iran Nuclear Deal Critics Push Plan for ‘Global Economic Embargo’ | Foreign Policy

Iran Nuclear Deal Critics Push Plan for ‘Global Economic Embargo’ | Foreign Policy

Getting to Yes With North Korea « LobeLog

Getting to Yes With North Korea « LobeLog

What to expect if Trump undoes the Iran nuclear deal - LA Times

What to expect if Trump undoes the Iran nuclear deal - LA Times

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup September 14, 2017

Nuclear Roundup
September 14, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

North Korea’s latest nuclear test was so powerful it reshaped the mountain above it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/09/14/orth-koreas-latest-nuclear-test-was-so-powerful-it-reshaped-the-mountain-above-it/?utm_term=.421186ef3a70

North Korea Threatens to Use Nuclear Weapon to ‘Sink’ Japan

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-14/north-korea-threatens-to-use-nuclear-weapon-to-sink-japan

No nuclear weapons in South Korea, says President Moon

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/14/asia/south-korea-moon-nuclear/index.html

China's envoy says dialogue needed to resolve DPRK nuclear crisis

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/14/c_136608875.htm

SAR image of Punggye-Ri

http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1203852/sar-image-of-punggye-ri/

North Korea tests not just a bomb but the global nuclear monitoring system

https://theconversation.com/north-korea-tests-not-just-a-bomb-but-the-global-nuclear-monitoring-system-83715

Journalist Says: In North Korea, Talk Of War And Nuclear Weapons Is 'Everywhere'

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/13/550673120/journalist-says-in-north-korea-talk-of-war-and-nuclear-weapons-is-everywhere

Pakistan's indirect role in North Korea's nuclear program

http://www.dw.com/en/pakistans-indirect-role-in-north-koreas-nuclear-program/a-40507693

North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons, Japan’s Bind

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/opinion/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-japan.html?_r=0

There Is A Solution To North Korea

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2017/09/14/there-is-a-solution-to-north-korea/#39834831450e

United States

Statement of Administration Policy on S. 1519, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/08/s-1519-national-defense-authorization-act-fiscal-year-2018

Mattis: US to keep nuclear triad for deterrence

http://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2017/09/13/mattis-us-to-keep-nuclear-triad-for-deterrence/

Under Trump, future of U.S. nuclear arsenal slowly taking shape

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-nuclear/under-trump-future-of-u-s-nuclear-arsenal-slowly-taking-shape-idUSKCN1BP04D

Thank God You People Don’t Have The Nuclear Codes

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/thank-god-you-people-dont-have-the-nuclear-codes/

US nuclear sub returns flying pirate flag, sparking speculation

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/14/us-nuclear-sub-returns-flying-pirate-flag-sparking-speculation.html

Pete Domenici, Long a Powerful Senate Voice on Fiscal Policy, Dies at 85

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/politics/pete-domenici-dead.html

New Mexico’s national labs could count on ‘St. Pete’

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-s-national-labs-could-count-on-st-pete/article_7053e87f-21ec-5f40-9bfb-dc8b9de6446a.html

New Mexico Senators Push for Annual Reports on Lab Safety

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2017-09-14/new-mexico-senators-push-for-annual-reports-on-lab-safety

Sandia app assesses radiation threats

https://gcn.com/articles/2017/09/13/sandia-interspec-radiation-app.aspx

International

Access To Military Sites Debated As White House Reconsiders Iran Nuclear Deal

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/09/13/549217764/should-nuclear-inspectors-be-demanding-access-to-irans-military-sites

Fix or nix the Iran nuclear deal, Netanyahu demands ahead of Trump meeting

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/fix-or-nix-the-iran-nuclear-deal-netanyahu-demands-ahead-of-trump-meeting/2017/09/13/f26829ee-9888-11e7-af6a-6555caaeb8dc_story.html?utm_term=.1f7830e98e70

Exclusive: Iranian nuclear smuggling ring sent to top German court

http://www.jpost.com/International/Exclusive-Iranian-nuclear-smuggling-ring-sent-to-top-German-court-505038

What to expect if Trump undoes the Iran nuclear deal

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mousavian-iran-deal-consequences-20170914-story.html

UK's May stressed importance of Iran nuclear deal to Tillerson: spokesman

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-tillerson/uks-may-stressed-importance-of-iran-nuclear-deal-to-tillerson-spokesman-idUSKCN1BP1BM

Russia's use and stockpiles of highly enriched uranium pose significant nuclear risks

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-russia-stockpiles-highly-enriched-uranium.html

Link to report:

http://fissilematerials.org/library/rr16.pdf

Graham:  Save the INF Treaty—but not by repeating history

http://thebulletin.org/save-inf-treaty%E2%80%94-not-repeating-history11109

India, Japan to set up working group to boost nuclear ties

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/60515905.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Japan Commission Supports Nuclear Power Despite Fukushima

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-09-14/japan-commission-supports-nuclear-power-despite-fukushima

Britain seeks to smooth Brexit path for nuclear power

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-nuclear-safety/britain-seeks-to-smooth-brexit-path-for-nuclear-power-idUSKCN1BP1PL?il=0

Safety all the Way: Ensuring the Safe Transport of Radioactive Sources

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/safety-all-the-way-ensuring-the-safe-transport-of-radioactive-sources

General Interest

The politics and science of nuclear weapons

http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/nuclear/8947362

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Did Flynn Work from Inside White House to Partner with Russia to Build Nuclear Reactors in the Middle East? More on the Scheme Including Jeff Sessions and VP Pence Tie-ins; China Invited To Participate | Mining Awareness +

Did Flynn Work from Inside White House to Partner with Russia to Build Nuclear Reactors in the Middle East? More on the Scheme Including Jeff Sessions and VP Pence Tie-ins; China Invited To Participate | Mining Awareness +