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Russia Says Leak of Secret Nuclear Weapon Design Was an Accident
Adam Kramer, New York Times
November 12, 2015
The Kremlin's Chief Spokesman has confirmed that a report broadcast on Russian television this week revealed the design of a secret nuclear weapon delivery system: a drone submarine that could attack coastlines. It came to light in the Russian news media in a way that suggested that the Kremlin wanted the West to know.
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Putin: US Missile Defense Aimed at Neutralizing Russian Nukes, N. Korea and Iran Just a Cover
Adam Kramer, New York Times
November 10, 2015
Vladimir Putin said the US is trying to "neutralize Russia's nuclear potential" with its on-going deployment of a missile defense shield in Europe. The Russian president has promised a response.
The Russian leader promised Russia would take the "necessary measures to respond by strengthening its own missile defense."
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Iran Has Stopped Dismantling Nuclear Centrifuges: Senior Official
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Reuters
November 10, 2015
Iran has stopped dismantling centrifuges in two uranium enrichment plants, state media reported on Tuesday, days after conservative lawmakers complained to President Hassan Rouhani that the process was too rushed.
Last week, Iran announced it had begun shutting down inactive centrifuges at the Natanz and Fordow plants under the terms of a deal struck with world powers in July that limits its nuclear program in exchange for easing sanctions.
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Iran Nuclear Deal Could Help Relations with US - If They Apologise for Past Behavior, Says President Rouhani
Philip Pullella, The Independent (UK)
November 12, 2015
The pragmatist Iranian President, who championed the 14 July deal, has pushed for closer engagement with the West since his landslide election victory in 2013. But Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has continued to rule out normalising ties with the "Great Satan", as he routinely calls the US.
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White House Summit Pledges to Support Nuclear Development
World Nuclear News
November 9, 2015
The US Administration has underlined its vision of a strong role for nuclear in the country's clean energy strategy. It has announced actions to sustain and finance nuclear energy, including supplements to the Department of Energy's (DOE's) federal loan guarantee solicitation to support nuclear energy projects.
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NONPROLIFERATION AND ARMS CONTROL
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Today's Nuclear Dilemma
Eric Schlosser, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
November 1, 2015
As part of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' 70th anniversary issue, author and investigative journalist Eric Schlosser surveys a nuclear landscape full of dangers, from worldwide nuclear weapons modernization programs and heightened nuclear rhetoric to burgeoning stockpiles of fissile material and shortsighted changes in nuclear doctrine.
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3D Printing The Bomb? The Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenge
Tristan Volpe and Matthew Kroenig, Washington Quarterly
November 4, 2015
Tristan Volpe and Matthew Kroenig (an IGCC Public Policy and Nuclear Threats boot camp graduate) report on the Additive Manufacturing (AM) process's potential to build nuclear weapon materials. These 3-D printing machines that build objects of virtually any shape from digital build files, have a dark side. The widespread adoption of AM will make it easier for countries to acquire nuclear weapons, and more difficult for the international community to detect and stop them.
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Bridging the Military Nuclear Materials Gap
Nuclear Threat Initiative
November 10, 2015
Bridging the Military Nuclear Materials Gap highlights a critical gap in global nuclear security efforts and offers recommendations for governments to tighten control and build confidence in the security of nuclear materials categorized as "military."
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The Psychology of Nuclear Survival
James E. Doyle, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
November 6, 2015
James E. Doyle, a past IGCC Steering Committee member, explains that if human beings want to keep considering the meaning of anything, we have to change the status quo and construct mechanisms that reliably and permanently prevent the threat of nuclear annihilation. Current approaches to preventing nuclear warfare entail high risk, are prone to human and mechanical error, and are unlikely to succeed over the next several decades.
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