Nuclear Calendar -- Jan. 12, 2014 | FCNL

Jan. 13	Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 is filed in the House (tentative).
Jan. 13	2:00-3:00 p.m., Robin Wright, U.S. Institute of Peace, "A Report from Inside Iran." Sponsored by Partnership for a Secure America. At SVC 203-02 Capitol Visitor Center, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Jan. 13	Interim, six-month agreement on Iran's nuclear program is approved by Iran and the P5+1 countries (possible).
Week of Jan. 13	Senate floor vote on the nominations of Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz (retired) to be Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible).
Jan. 14	House of Representatives floor action on a three-day Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2014, though Jan. 18. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Jan. 14	7:30-8:30 p.m., Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, book discussion ofNuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $5.
Jan. 14	20th anniversary of the Trilateral Agreement between Ukraine, Russia and United States under which Ukraine agreed to transfer all former Soviet strategic nuclear warheads to Russia for dismantlement.
Jan. 14	20th anniversary of the announcement by President Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin that by the end of May 1993, no country would be targeted by missiles of the United States or Russia.
Jan. 15	2:00 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, markup of "A bill to authorize the President to extend the term of the nuclear energy agreement with the Republic of Korea until March 19, 2016," S. 1901. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Jan. 15	2:00 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, votes on nominations of the Puneet Talwar to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs,Rose GottemoellerRose Gottemoeller to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Frank Rose to be Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, Adam Scheinman to be Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and other nominations. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Jan. 15	House of Representatives floor action on the Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Jan. 15	Senate floor action on a three-day Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2014, though Jan. 18 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Jan. 15	Midnight, current Continuing Resolution for appropriations to fund the federal government expires.
Jan. 16	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Madelyn Creedon to be Principal Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration, and other nominations.. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Jan. 16	1:00-2:30 p.m., Rep. Jim Cooper (TN); Gen. Norton Schwartz, former Air Force Chief of Staff; and Richard Burt, former ambassador to Germany, "Benefit or Burden? The Future of U.S. Tactical Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Stimson Center. At 2456 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
Jan. 16 or 17	Senate floor action on the Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Jan. 17	Noon-1:00 p.m., Richard Meserve, Carnegie Institution for Science; and Tom Moore, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "Overview on Nuclear Nonproliferation and National Security." Sponsored by the Foundation for Nuclear Studies. At 2325 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP to Charles Wadelington by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at (202) 548 0021.
Jan. 17-26	House and Senate Martin Luther King Jr. recess. (Senate recess begins Jan. 18.)
Jan. 20	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).
Jan. 20	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2014 begins. Through March 28. Geneva.
Week of Jan. 20	Office of Management and Budget returns revised budgets ("passbacks") to federal agencies for fiscal year 2015 (estimate).
Jan. 21	9:00 a.m.-noon, Toby Dalton, Carnegie Endowment; Choi Kang, Asan Institute; Joel Wit, SAIS; Park Jiyoung, Asan Institute; and Shin Chang-Hoon, Asan Institute, "What Will 2014 Bring for North Korea’s Nuclear Program?" Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Jan. 21	1:00 - 2:30 p.m., Luis Alfonso de Alba Gongora, Mexican delegate to International Organizations in Vienna; Alexander Kmentt, Austrian Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation; and Elena Sokova, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation (VCDNP), "The Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons." VCDNP, Donau-City-Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 13, Vienna. RSVP online.
Jan. 22	10:00-11:00 a.m., Alireza Nader, RAND; Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association; and Paul Pillar, Georgetown University, "Making Sense of Nuclear Negotiations with Iran: A Good Deal or a Bad Deal?" Sponsored by RAND. At 2168 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
Jan. 23	Noon-1:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute of International Studies, “Breaking Taboos: The Costs of Israel’s Strategic Ambiguity in a Changing Middle East.” National Defense University, Lincoln Hall, Room 1107, Fort McNair, Washington. RSVP to Nima Gerami by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Jan. 23-24	International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – Germany, "Berlin Sessions 2014." Umspannwerk Kreuzberg, Ohlauer Strasse 43, Berlin.
Jan. 24	9:00-10:30 a.m., Manpreet Sethi, Centre for Air Power Studies, "India's Nuclear Challenges." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Jan. 27	7:00 p.m., Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, "Third Annual Day of Remembrance for Downwinders." At Christ United Methodist Church, 2375 E. 3300 South, Salt Lake City.
Jan. 27	National Downwinders Day.
Week of Jan. 27 or Feb.	House of Representatives floor action on an Iran sanctions bill (tentative).
Week of Jan. 27 or Feb.	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Robert Wood to be Representative to the Conference on Disarmament (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Jan. 28	Time TBA, Transform Now Plowshares sentencing hearing for charges of sabotage, jeopardizing national security, trespassing and defacing government property related to their July 28, 2012, non-violent protest at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, TN. U.S. District Court for Eastern Tennessee, U.S. Courthouse, 800 Market St., Suite 130, Knoxville, TN.
Jan. 28	9:00 p.m., President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and webcast on the White House website.
Jan. 29	7:30-8:30 p.m., Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, book discussion ofNuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late. Sponsored by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. At the Chicago Club, 81 E. Van Buren St., Chicago. Register online.
Jan. 29	8:00-9:00 p.m., Rebeccah Heinrichs, Heritage Foundation, "Nuclear Weapons: Do We Even Need Them." George Washington University, Funger Hall, Room 207, 2201 G St., NW, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Jan. 30	Noon-1:30 p.m., Russell Rumbaugh, Stimson Center, "Defense Budget in 2014." American Security Project, Seventh Floor, 1100 New York Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by Jan. 27 online.
Jan. 30	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367).
Jan. or Feb.	Missile Defense Agency begins an environmental impact review of three sites for an East Coast missile defense site.
Jan. or Feb.	Finland, Arab countries, Iran, Israel, Russia, United Kingdom and United States meet to continue discussions on a conference on a WMD-free zone in the Middle East (possible). Glion, Switzerland.
Jan. or Feb.	Russia flight tests the new RS-26 "Rubezh" ICBM (possible). Kapustin Yar Missile Test Range, Russia.
Feb. 1	6:00-8:00 p.m. Asia Society, screening of Black Rain,a film about Hiroshima. Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York. RSVP
Feb. 3	Defense Department submits the Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress (10 U.S. Code Sec. 118) (likely to be delayed).
Feb. 3-5	7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Christopher Bidwell, Charles Ferguson, and Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists, "Nuclear Nonproliferation in an Integrated World." Sponsored by Federation of American Scientists and George Mason University. At George Mason University, Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, 3351 Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA. Register online.
Feb. 11-14	ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit. Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Registeronline.
Feb. 13-14	Mexican Foreign Ministry, second international conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons. Nayarit, Mexico.
Feb. 13-24	House and Senate Presidents Day recess. (Senate recess begins Feb. 15.)
Feb. 15	Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation submits to Congress an annual report on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note).
Feb. 15	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566).
Feb. 17	Presidents Day (federal holiday).
Feb. 20-21	Korean Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control. "Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security. Where to go and How?" Daejeon, South Korea.
Feb.	Senate Banking Committee, markup of an Iran sanctions bill (possible). 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Late Feb. or March	Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget (estimate). Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.
Late Feb. or March	Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz presents the Energy Department's annual budget. Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington (estimate). RSVP required. Budget posted on the Energy Department website.
March 1	Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits an interim report to Congress (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166).
March 1	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States (50 U.S. Code, Sec. 2523b).
March 1	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the military and security developments involving China (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website.
March 1	Defense Department, with the National Nuclear Security Administration, submits to Congress a biennial report on the nuclear triad (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note).
March 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the budget, objectives and metrics of the nuclear nonproliferation programs (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3145).
March 1-2	9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., ETH Zurich and the Wilson Center, "The Making of a Nuclear Order: Negotiating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty." Switzerland.
March 2-4	American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
March 3-7	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
March 11	Special election for the Florida 10th Congressional District, to replace the late Rep. Bill Young.
March 15	Defense Department provides Congress an annual briefing on nuclear weapons employment strategy, plans and options of the United States (10 U.S. Code Sec. 491).
March 15	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a biannual summary of the plan for stewardship, management and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons stockpile (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523).
March 15-23	House and Senate recess.
March 17-21	Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation and James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course." Donau-City Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 13, Vienna. Register by Jan. 31 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
March 21-22	Clingendael Institute and other organizations, "Nuclear Knowledge Summit: Towards Sustainable Nuclear Security." Amsterdam.
March 21-24	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. DoubleTree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA.
March 22-25	Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), spring lobby weekend. Washington. Register online.
March 24-25	President Obama attends the third Nuclear Security Summit. The Hague, Netherlands.
March 28	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2014 ends. Geneva.
March 28	35th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.
March 31	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
March	Missile Defense Agency tests a more modern Ground-based Interceptor missile, called the CE-2, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, against an intermediate-range ballistic missile target launched from Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean.
Week of March 31 or April 7	Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates) foreign ministers meeting. Hiroshima, Japan.
March 1-April 11	U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, meeting of governmental experts on a fissile material treaty. Geneva.
April 2	4:00-8:00 p.m., Angela Kane, U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs; Amb. Hans Corell, former U.N. legal counsel; Roger Clark, Rutgers University; and Elizabeth Shafer, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, "Law’s Imperative: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy. At Downtown Community Television Center, Landmark Firehouse, 87 Lafayette St., New York. Register online.
April 5	Fifth anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
April 7-25	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
April 8	Fourth anniversary of the signing of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Prague. The treaty reduces the maximum number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each.
April 11-27	House and Senate spring recess. (Senate recess begins April 12.)
April 12	Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367 note).
April 14	Passover begins at sunset. Through April 22.
April 15	State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a). Previous reports are posted on the State Department website.
April 18	Good Friday
April 20	Easter.
April 28-May 9	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. United Nations.
April	President Obama visits Japan (tentative).
May 10-18	House of Representatives recess.
May 12	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2014 begins. Through June 27. Geneva.
May 18-21	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, "DC Days 2014." Washington. Register online.
May 23-27	House of Representatives Memorial Day recess.
May 24-June 1	Senate Memorial Day recess.
May 26	Memorial Day (holiday).
May 26	10th anniversary of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Global Threat Reduction Initiative, a program to secure nuclear bomb grade material around the world.
May 31-June 8	House of Representatives recess.
June 2-5	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
June 4–5	President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Sochi, Russia.
June 6	25th anniversary of the FBI raid on the Rocky Flats Plant, a former nuclear weapons plant near Boulder, CO, for environmental violations.
June 27-July 7	House of Representatives Independence Day recess.
June 28	Ramadan begins at sunset. Through July 28.
June or July	India test launches the Agni VI intercontinental ballistic missile (estimate). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India.
July 1	Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits its final report to Congress (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166).
July	Interim agreement on Iran's nuclear program expires.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 15	Special election for the North Carolina 12th Congressional District to replace former Rep. Mel Watt (tentative).
July 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 28	Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2014 begins. Through Sept. 12. Geneva.
Aug. 1-Sept. 7	House of Representatives summer recess.
Aug. 2	75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt receiving the "Einstein-Szilárd Letter," warning about the prospect of an atomic bomb.
Aug. 6	8:16 a.m., anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 9	11:02 a.m., anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 27-29	International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), "IPPNW 21st World Congress, 2014." Hosted by IPPNW Kazakhstan. Astana, Kazakhstan.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
Aug. 29	65th Anniversary of the Soviet Union’s first nuclear test at Semipalatinsk test site.
Sept. 1	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 1	Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a biennial report on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2371).
Sept. 4-5	President Obama attends a NATO summit. Newport, Wales, United Kingdom.
Sept. 8	Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2016 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 2.
Sept. 8-12	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Sept. 11	Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 15-19	International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna.
Sept. 18	Scotland holds a referendum on becoming an independent state.
Sept. 20-28	House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess.
Sept. 22	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Sept. 22	35th anniversary of the "Vela Incident," a nuclear explosion over the South Indian Ocean off the Cape of Good Hope, possibly conducted by South Africa with the assistance of Israel.
Sept. 22-26	International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna.
Sept. 23	~10:10 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, webcast on the U.N. website and may be webcast on the White House website.
Sept. 24	Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset. Through Sept. 26.
Sept. 26	International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Sept. 29	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 3	Yom Kippur begins at sunset. Through Oct. 4.
Oct. 3-Nov. 11	House of Representatives Election Day recess.
Oct. 10	11:00 a.m. Norwegian time (5:00 a.m. EDT), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 13	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 13	15th anniversary of the Senate defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on a 48-51 vote.
Oct. 16	50th anniversary of the first Chinese nuclear test. Lop Nur, China.
Oct. 30	National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.
Oct.-Nov.	U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations.
Nov. 1-Dec. 7	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization conducts a full-scale simulation of an on-site inspection, known as Integrated Field Exercise 2014. Southern Jordan, near the Dead Sea.
Nov. 4	U.S. Election Day.
Nov. 9	25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Nov. 11	Veterans Day (federal holiday).
Nov. 15-16	President Obama attends G-20 summit. Brisbane, Australia.
Nov. 21-30	House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess.
Nov. 24-28	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Nov. 27	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov.	President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Beijing.
Dec. 1	Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal agencies for fiscal year 2016, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 2.
Dec. 5	20th anniversary of the START I treaty entry into force. The treaty reduced the number of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons by 80 percent to 6,000 each.
Dec. 6	Runoff election for the Louisiana Senate seat, with Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) versus the Republican candidate.
Dec. 10	1:00 p.m. Norwegian time (7:00 a.m. EST), Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway.
Dec. 12	House of Representatives adjournment (tentative).
Dec. 16	Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Dec. 24.
Dec. 20	Congressional Budget Office reports to Congress on the 10-year cost of maintaining U.S. nuclear weapons and delivery systems (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1041).
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
TBA	Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible). Helsinki.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
TBA	Russian navy test launches its Bulava ballistic missile from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy. From the White Sea to targets at the Kura Test Range, Kamchatka, Russia.
2015
Jan. 1	New Year's Day (holiday).

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