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Uncle Sam Should Close Its Nuclear Umbrella Over Asia
Doug Bandow, Huffington Post
April 19, 2016
Donald Trump again caused international consternation. His remarks about South Korea and Japan developing nuclear weapons set off a minor firestorm.
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Frank Munger, Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground
April 16, 2016
May 2 may be a pivotal date for the fusion energy community in the United States.
That's when the Department of Energy is supposed to provide key appropriators with a report about the status of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor - the biggest fusion project ever - and make a recommendation on whether the United States should remain a partner in the international endeavor.
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Governor Jerry Brown Joins High-Level US-Russian Workshop in Monterey
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
April 11, 2016
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) hosted a high-level US-Russian Dialogue on Nuclear Issues in Monterey on April 8-9, 2016.
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The Nuclear Deal with Iran: The Final Step or a New Stage?
Alexey Arbatov and Vladimir Sazhin, Carnehie Moscow Center
April 20, 2016
On July 14, 2015, Iran, the European Union, and the P5+1 states-Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States plus Germany-agreed to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), crowning a diplomatic process that had stretched over twelve years.
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Iran Issues First Progress Report on Nuclear Deal
Ariane Tabatabai, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
On April 17, 2016, Iran's Foreign Ministry presented its first progress report on implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal concluded last summer between Tehran and six world powers to scale back Iranian nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief (link in Persian).
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South Korea Admits North Korea Now has Miniaturised Nuclear Warheads
AFP and Chris Summers, Daily Mail
South Korea has confirmed North Korea has created miniaturised nuclear warheads. General Vincent Brooks has also said it is inevitable they will create long-range missiles.
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North Korea Could be Preparing for Fifth Nuclear Test, South Korea's Park Warns
Anna Fifield, The Washington Post
North Korea appears to be preparing to conduct another nuclear test, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Monday, citing signs of increased movement near the North's nuclear test site.
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North Korea Blames U.S. for its Nuclear Weapons Development
North Korea claimed Saturday that its nuclear weapons development is an "inevitable self-defensive option" in response to what it called the United States' nuclear threats.
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The Three Overlapping Streams of India's Nuclear Power Programs
Kalman A Robertson and John Carlson, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
April 15, 2016
As India's civilian nuclear energy program expands with the assistance of international nuclear suppliers, it creates new potential pathways to the acquisition of fissile material that could be diverted for military purposes. A key question is whether and how India's civilian and military nuclear facilities are separated. In this discussion paper from the Belfer Center's Project on Managing the Atom, Kalman A. Robertson and John Carlson argue that India has not established a complete and verifiable separation of its civilian and military nuclear programs.
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ARMS CONTROL AND DETERRENCE
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New Techniques Could Improve Detection of Concealed Nuclear Materials
Researchers have demonstrated proof of concept for a novel low-energy nuclear reaction imaging technique designed to detect the presence of 'special nuclear materials' -- weapons-grade uranium and plutonium -- in cargo containers arriving at US ports.
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Race for Latest Class of Nuclear Arms Threatens to Revive Cold War
William J. Broad and David E. Sanger, The New York Times
The United States, Russia and China are now aggressively pursuing a new generation of smaller, less destructive nuclear weapons. The buildups threaten to revive a Cold War-era arms race and unsettle the balance of destructive force among nations that has kept the nuclear peace for more than a half-century.
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Ghosts of the Cold War: Rethinking the Need for a New Nuclear Cruise Missile
Will Saetren, Ploughshares Fund
April 2016
The United States has more than 1,500 nuclear warheads deployed on a "triad" of submarines, bombers, and landbased missiles. These doomsday weapons were built during the Cold War to fight an enemy that no longer exists.
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