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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This is the last Nuclear Newswire for 2015. The Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation wishes you a happy holiday season and we look forward to seeing you again next year.
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Physics Student Summer Internships
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Physics Division at LLNL offers continuing students (undergraduate and graduate) and bachelors and masters recent graduates within one year the opportunity to engage in practical research experience to further their educational goals. Research projects are available in the following scientific fields: Optical Imaging; Astrophysics and Planetary Science; Atomic and Particle Physics, and Accelerator Science; Applied Physics; High Energy Density Physics; and Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy. This position may involve hands-on work in a laboratory, computation, or data analysis.
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IAEA Board Adopts Landmark Resolution on Iran PMD Case
December 15, 2015
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Assessing the IAEA 'Assessment' of "Possile Military Dimensions" of Iran's Nuclear Programme
Tariq Rauf and Robert Kelley, SIPRI
December 15, 2015
This assessment, reflecting personal views, written by two former IAEA officials with direct experience with the Iran nuclear file at the IAEA aims to shed light on the political pressures exerted on the IAEA by some of its powerful Member States and 'intelligence' information injected by them to influence the technical workings of the Agency.
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The First Strict Implementation Test of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Michael Singh and Simond De Galbert, Washington Wire
December 14, 2015
Tehran's grudging cooperation with the IAEA and its repeated flouting of the United Nations' ban on missile test launches are ominous signs that even faithful implementation of the deal by all sides may not succeed in building confidence. By protecting its nuclear secrets, accepting only temporary constraints on fuel-cycle work, and advancing its missile program, Iran is keeping its nuclear options open for the future.
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Khamenei's Counterrevolution Is Underway
Special Correspondent, Foreign Policy
December 9, 2015
Iranians thought the nuclear deal would spark a new relationship with the West. But the supreme leader had other plans.
While the supreme leader seemingly wanted a deal to end sanctions so that Iran could rejoin the global economy, his actions since suggest he doesn't want to upset loyal elites who have been enriched in the past decade.
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Iran Was Building a Nuclear Bomb. So What?
Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Policy
December 11, 2015
Iran doesn't have to confess for the IAEA to have gotten to the bottom of its nuclear weapons program, any more than a criminal needs to confess to be convicted.
Closing the file doesn't give Iran a clean bill of health or remove prior offenses; it allows the parties to move toward implementing the terms of the nuclear deal, which imposes limits on Iran's nuclear program and provides additional transparency.
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China's Cabinet Approves Major Nuclear, Hydro Power Projects
George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
December 16, 2015
China's cabinet approved major clean energy projects including hydropower and nuclear installations, according to a statement issued on Wednesday.
Related:
Chinese Nuclear Power Stocks Climb After New Reactor Approvals
Aibing Guo, Bloomberg Business
Germany Just Switched On A Revolutionary Nuclear Fusion Machine
Fiona MacDonald, Science Alert
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Irradiated: The Hidden Legacy of 70 Years of Atomic Weaponry
Rob Hotakainen, Lindsey Wise, Frank Matt, and Samantha Ehlinger, McClatchy DC
December 11, 2015
The hidden legacy of 70 years of atomic weaponry: At least 33,480 Americans dead. Will the nation's new nuclear age yield more unwanted fallout?
This special report took McClatchy's journalists around the country to current and former weapons plants and the towns that surround them.
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How India's Nuclear Industry Created a River of Death, According to Court Case Claims
Adrian Levy, Huffington Post
December 14, 2015
Scientists say nuclear workers, village residents and children living near mines and factories are falling ill after radiation exposure.
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ARMS CONTROL AND NONPROLIFERATION
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Obama Killed Nonproliferation
Michael Rubin, Commentary Magazine
December 16, 2015
By accepting the IAEA findings, Obama and Kerry have set a new standard for an international non-proliferation regime. They have blessed bluster, and both diluted the compliance necessary to resolve violations and lowered the cost for future proliferators tempted to cheat on their Nuclear Non-Proliferations Treaty commitments.
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India Is Building a Top-Secret Nuclear City to Produce Thermonuclear Weapons, Experts Say
Adrian Levy, Foreign Policy
December 16, 2015
The weapons could upgrade India as a nuclear power - and deeply unsettle Pakistan and China.
India's close neighbors, China and Pakistan, would see this move as a provocation: Experts say they might respond by ratcheting up their own nuclear firepower.
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Reducing the Risk of Nuclear War in the Nordic/Baltic Region
Barry Blechman, Alx Bollfrass and Laicie, Heeley, Stimson Center
December 2015
Europe is currently experiencing escalating political and military tensions that are rekindling fears of war between Russia and NATO. Any such conflict would inherently include a risk of nuclear weapons use. The Stimson Center, partnered with Project High Hopes, is examining the results of such nuclear exchanges and, more importantly, developing initiatives to avoid such catastrophes.
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Time To Cut America's Nuclear Triad
Tom Z. Collina and Will Saetren, National Interest
December 17, 2015
It's past time for the Obama administration to take a hard look at where the U.S. nuclear arsenal is heading. The United States no longer needs such an expensive insurance policy against the Russian nuclear threat-and this fact provides a rare opportunity to save tens of billions of dollars.
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