Nuclear Policy News – July 30, 2021

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U.S. warns China is building more nuclear missile silos
Associated Press

A new tunnel is spotted at a Chinese nuclear test site
NPR

ANALYSIS: Tehran and Washington signal slow going for nuclear deal
Foreign Policy

United States

U.S. warns China is building more nuclear missile silos
Associated Press7/30/21
The U.S. military is warning about what analysts have described as a major expansion of China’s nuclear missile silo fields at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Washington.

Blinken warns time running out on return to Iran nuclear deal
The Times of Israel7/29/21
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that nuclear talks with Iran “cannot go on indefinitely” but that Washington was “fully prepared” to continue negotiations.

OPINION: Now is Biden’s best Chance to ditch the Iran nuclear talks
Bloomberg OpinionEli Lake
7/29/21
The country’s supreme leader has just instructed its president not to trust the West.

East Asia

China nuclear: Taishan reactor shut down over damaged fuel rods
BBC News7/30/21
A Chinese nuclear plant has shut down one of its reactors for maintenance after minor damage to fuel rods.

A new tunnel is spotted at a Chinese nuclear test site
NPR7/30/21
China appears to be expanding its sprawling nuclear weapons testing complex in the nation’s western desert. Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR shows a possible new tunnel being dug and fresh roads added at the site, known as Lop Nur, where China has tested its nuclear weapons in the past.

REPORT: Two Koreas in talks to reopen joint office, hold summit
Al Jazeera7/30/21
Warmer ties could help revive stalled talks over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.

Middle East

ANALYSIS: Tehran and Washington signal slow going for nuclear deal
Foreign PolicyColm Quinn
7/30/21
As Iran prepares to inaugurate a new president, the diplomacy seen during Hassan Rouhani’s term may be consigned to history.

ANALYSIS: Israel fears Iran’s nuclear progress, but Tehran has other problems
HaaretzAmos Harel
7/30/21
The term ‘nuclear threshold’ is back, but Israel is unsure what it means exactly.

Russia and Europe

Germany signals growing impatience with Iran on nuclear deal
Associated Press7/30/21
Germany’s foreign minister is signaling growing impatience with Iran, saying that a revival of the country’s frayed nuclear accord with world powers won’t be possible “forever,” a German magazine reported Friday.

As Russia talks nuclear weapons with U.S., it forges closer military ties with China
Newsweek7/28/21
As Russian diplomats discussed the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons with their counterparts from the United States, the heads of the Russian and Chinese armed forces forged closer ties in a separate meeting that marked yet another sign of alignment between Washington’s top two rivals.

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