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Thursday, Oct 23

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Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘House of Dynamite’ Is a Wake-Up Call on Nuclear Weapons

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Ernest J. Moniz served as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Energy and is Co-Chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging technology…

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US to open Cold War-era plutonium waste vault to power next-gen nuclear reactors

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has reportedly decided that weapon-grade plutonium from the Cold...

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Some NATO members may lift restrictions on nuclear weapons’ deployment — diplomat

tass.com

Maria Zakharova highlighted continued appeals of Warsaw's state officials to the United States "in an attempt to lure Washington into a venture regarding the deployment of US nuclear weapons on Polish territory"

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Column: Refocus attention on growing threat of nuclear weapons

www.staradvertiser.com

Archbishop of Santa Fe, John Charles Wester, challenged attendees at this year’s Marianist Lecture at Chaminade University with this question: Does anybody care that we have moved even closer to the annihilation of people and the planet?

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North Korea steals billions in cryptocurrency to fund development of nuclear weapons

www.express.co.uk

North Korean hackers stolen billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges to get remote tech jobs at foreign companies, a new report has found

Wednesday, Oct 22

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Russia Warns of Nuclear Clash with NATO

www.newsweek.com

Ryabkov warns NATO’s nuclear posture risks direct conflict, urges halt to U.S. missile, space weapon plans.

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Ukraine’s Brit-made Storm Shadow missile blitz is ‘disaster’ for Putin – but fears Vlad could unleash hypersonic weapons

www.the-sun.com

BUNKER busting British stealth missiles have smashed through Putin’s air defences in a “massive attack” on Russian soil. A volley of Storm Shadow missiles hit an explosives factory on Tuesday, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. The first…

Holy See: Eliminating nuclear weapons is an urgent moral imperative

www.vaticannews.va

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, urges the international community to work towards preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, while speaking at the UN’s General Assembly.

Tuesday, Oct 21

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U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Estimates Most of Iran’s Uranium Is Intact – but Blocked from Verifying

www.breitbart.com

Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Saturday that his agency believes “the majority” of Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium survived bombing runs from Israel and the United…

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Map Shows Nuclear Weapons Sites That Could Be Hit By Major Furlough

www.newsweek.com

The NNSA began furloughing approximately 80 percent of its civilian workforce on Monday as the government shutdown continues.

Monday, Oct 20

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Nation’s nuclear weapon watchdog gutted to just 400 workers from nearly 2,000 as Trump shutdown layoffs hit agency

www.independent.co.uk

National Nuclear Security Administration is tasked with safeguarding U.S.’s nuclear stockpile. ‘These are not employees that you want to go home,’ one congressman said

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Trump may continue to believe Iran’s nuclear industry destroyed — Khamenei

tass.com

On October 9, the US president said that Tehran could have already had nuclear weapons had the US not carried out strikes on facilities on Iranian soil

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Anthropic Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work?

www.wired.com

Anthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helping someone build a nuke. Experts are divided on whether its a necessary protection—or a protection at all.

Saturday, Oct 18

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Iran says it's no longer bound by nuclear deal limits

www.dw.com

The JCPOA imposed significant restrictions on Iran, in exchange for sanctions relief, to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.

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US agency that runs nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile to furlough 80% of staff due to government shutdown

nypost.com

Roughly 1,400 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration — a branch of the Department of Energy — will be sent home starting Monday.

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Trump administration furloughs nuclear weapons agency staff due to shutdown

www.aljazeera.com

About 1,400 workers will be cut from the agency, which is responsible for overseeing the US nuclear weapons stockpile.

Friday, Oct 17

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Key US nuclear agency to send 80% of workforce home as shutdown drags on

www.theguardian.com

About 1,400 staff at NNAS, which manages America’s nuclear weapons stockpile, to be furloughed on Monday

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Top nuclear weapons agency to furlough most staff amid shutdown

www.politico.com

House Republicans pointed to the staff reductions as a national security consequence of the shutdown, pressing Senate Democrats to yield and vote to reopen the government.

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Agency overseeing nuclear stockpile plans deep staff cuts amid shutdown

www.cbsnews.com

A top House Republican warned that the agency that oversees the U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons could see deep staff reductions as the shutdown​ continues.

Thursday, Oct 16

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North Korea ICBMs: What To Know About Kim Jong Un’s Nuclear Weapons

www.newsweek.com

Pyongyang has touted the Hwasong-20 as its most powerful nuclear-capable strategic weapons yet.