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September 28,  2015
IRAN
Give Iran Nuclear Deal a Chance, Experts Say
Peggy McInerny, UCLA Newsroom
September 22, 2015 

The much-debated nuclear agreement is now a fact and should be given a chance to work, said a panel of experts at UCLA Wednesday. Despite its flaws, the agreement was worth pursuing, they said; the alternative would have been no agreement at all. 

All in All, Iran Nuclear Agreement Is a Good Deal
Uzi Eilam, Haaretz
September 21, 2015

The likelihood that Iran will obtain nuclear weapons in the coming years is very low, while implementation of the agreement will contribute to Israel's security. NOTE: Requires subscription for full access.

How Europe Helped Save Obama's Historic Deal with Iran
Nader Habibi, theconversation.com
September 22, 2015

The role of European members of the P5+1 should not be ignored when looking at how Obama was able to get the Iran nuclear agreement through the US Congress.

NORTH KOREA
Update on North Korea's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
Jack Liu, 38 North
September 18, 2015
 
Despite renewed speculation of a possible North Korean nuclear test, recent commercial satellite imagery from September 7, 2015 shows no sign of nuclear test preparations at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site and little or no change at the facility since August.
 
US, China Won't Accept N. Korea as Nuclear Power: Rice
Korea Times
September 22, 2015

The United States and China are working together for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and won't accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons country, US National Security Advisor Susan Rice said during a speech previewing the summit between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, 

RUSSIA
US-Russia Nuclear Weapons Standoff: Air Force Won't Station New Atomic Bombs In Germany Until 2020
Christopher Harress, International Business Times
September 24, 2015
 
The United States will not station new nuclear weapons in Germany, according to a statement by a US government official reported by the Russian news site Tass. Rumors had surfaced of a plan by the United States to introduce additional atomic bombs into Germany in an effort to further deter Russian hostility against Europe.
 

See also

CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER
What the EPA's Clean Power Plan Means for Nuclear Energy
Peter Bradford, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
September 24, 2015
 
For nuclear power, the good news and the bad news in EPA's final Clean Power Plan are the same: The technology got pretty much what it deserved. 
AREA 4 COVER-UP
LA's Nuclear Secret: Part 1
Joel Grover and Matthew Glasser, NBC4 LA
September 22, 2015
 
In 1959, Area Four was the site of one of the worst nuclear accidents in US history. But the federal government still hasn't told the public that radiation was released into the atmosphere as a result of the partial nuclear meltdown.
 
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