Nuclear Calendar -- June 13, 2011
June 12-13 | Iran hosts a second International Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Tehran, Iran |
June 13 | 8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT, Republican presidential debate. Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH. Broadcast and video webcast on CNN. |
June 14 | Time TBA, Senate Armed Services Committee, vote on the nomination of Leon Panetta to be Defense Secretary (possible). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
June 14 | Senate floor action on the nomination of Leon Panetta to be Defense Secretary (possible). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2. |
June 14 | 10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
June 14 | 10:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear weapons program of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Closed. |
June 14 | Noon-2:00 p.m., Gen. James Jones (retired), former National Security Advisor, speaks at a Stimson Center's Chairman's Forum. Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP by |
June 14 | Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, addresses the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. Vienna, Austria. |
June 14, 15, and 16 | Vice President Biden, Sen. Max Baucus (MT), Sen. Daniel Inouye (HI), Sen. Jon Kyl (AR), Rep. Eric Cantor (VA), Rep. James Clyburn (SC), and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD) meet to discuss a deficit reduction plan. Capitol Building, Washington. |
June 15 | 9:30 a.m., House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
June 15 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear nonproliferation program of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Closed. |
June 15 | 10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
June 15 | 2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Closed. |
June 15 | 4:30-6:00 p.m., Matias Spektor, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil ; Luis Bitencourt, National Defense University; and Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association, "Brazil, Argentina, and the Road to the NPT." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor Moynihan Board Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
Between June 15 and 17 | Russian Navy test launches a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine (tentative). From the White Sea toward the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Webcast on the Russian Defense Ministry website. |
June 16 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, continued markup of the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Closed. |
June 16 | 10:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the nomination of William Burns to be Deputy Secretary of State, and other committee business. S-116 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
June 16 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council; Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council; Matias Spektor, Getulio Vargas Foundation; and Kadir Ustun, SETA Foundation, "Overcoming Iran Nuclear Impasse: A Year After the Tehran Declaration." SETA Foundation, 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1106, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 16 | 3:00-5:00 p.m., Andrew Palowitch, U.S. Air Force, National Reconnaissance Office; Peter Marquez, Orbital Sciences Corp.; and Ben Baseley-Walker, Secure World Foundation, "The First Year of the Obama National Space Policy." Sponsored by the Secure World Foundation. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by June 10 to Marco Calderon by |
June 17 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, continued markup (if needed) of the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Closed. |
June 17 | 9:30-11:15 a.m., Jonathan Pollack, Brookings Institution, "No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security." Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 17 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., Philipp Bleek, Monterey Institute, "How Likely Are Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or Others to Pursue Nuclear Weapons in Response to Iran." Part of the Middle East and Security-II Conference at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. |
June 17-19 | Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, "Space Organizing Conference." Merrimack College, North Andover, MA. |
June 18 | Time TBA, President Obama and House Majority Leader John Boehner play golf and discuss a possible budget deal and debt ceiling increase. Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA. |
June 18 | 10 a.m.-noon, Eleanor Dwight, UNA-USA Northern Colorado, "Will the New START Treaty Really Get Us There?" Global Village Museum, 200 W. Mountain Ave., Fort Collins, CO. |
June 20 | U.S. Conference of Mayors adopts a resolution in support of nuclear disarmament at its annual meeting. Baltimore Hilton Hotel, Baltimore. |
June 20-24 | Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Noordwijk, Netherlands. India's request for membership is on the agenda. |
Week of June 20 | House of Representatives floor action on the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
Week of June 20 | House of Representatives floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
June 21 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense, and Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 20, to Elma Rhue by |
June 21 | 6:30-9:30 p.m., Countdown to Zero UK, Demand Zero Day, nationwide premiere ofCountdown to Zero. United Kingdom and Ireland. Screenings listed online. |
June 22 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, Commander, Global Strike Command, U.S. Air Force, "Global Strike Command, Deterrence, and U.S. Strategic Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 21, to Elma Rhue by |
June 22 | Time TBA, U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
June 24 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, former staff, Israeli Defense Ministry, "Missile Defense and Missile Threats: Middle East Developments." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 23, to Elma Rhue by |
June 25 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Abolition Day. |
June 25-July 5 | House of Representatives Independence Day recess. |
June 28 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Steve Henry, Assistant to the Defense Secretary for Nuclear Matters, "Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 27, to Elma Rhue by |
June 28 | Due date for comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration's draftSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Comments can be submitted to the Los Alamos Site Office by email at |
June 29 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., U.K. Project on Nuclear Issues (UK PONI) "The Last and Next 60 Years of the UK's Nuclear Deterrent," Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London. |
June 29 | 6:00-8:00 p.m., Robert Joseph, National Institute for Public Policy, and Steve Pifer, Brookings Institution, "PONI Debates the Issues: Joseph/Pifer on Arms Control." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, B1 Conference Center, Washington. RSVP to Chris Jones by |
June 29-30 | China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States hold a second nuclear powers conference to discuss nuclear weapons verification and transparency cooperation. Paris. |
June 29-30 | Partnership for Global Security, Biosecurity Conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
June 30 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. James Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Strategic U.S. Policy." Off the record. Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 29, to Elma Rhue by |
June 30 | Defense Secretary Robert Gates retires. |
June | Obama administration completes a plan to reorganize trade and export agencies. |
June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a notice of intent to do a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a notice of intent to do a Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. |
June or July | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Madelyn Creedon to be Assistant Defense Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
June or July | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Thomas Countryman to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
June or July | Senate Intelligence Committee, hearing on the nomination of Gen. David Petraeus to be Central Intelligence Agency director. Room TBA, Senate Office Building Washington. Audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. May be broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2 or C-SPAN3. |
June or July | U.N. Security Council considers the Syrian refusal to comply with an ongoing review by the International Atomic Energy Agency of a suspected nuclear reactor destroyed in 2007 (estimate). United Nations. |
June or July | Inauguration ceremony for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, with Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev or Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Bushehr, Iran. |
Summer | National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and to Congress on boost-phase missile defense (estimate) (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended by Public Law 111-84, Sec. 239). |
Summer | Indonesian People's Representative Council (House of Representatives) ratifies theComprehensive Test Ban Treaty (possible). Jakarta, Indonesia. (Indonesia is one of nine remaining countries that must ratify the treaty for it to enter into force.) |
Summer or Fall | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing(s) on the protocols to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty Doc. No. 112-2) and the protocols to the African Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty Doc. No. 112-3) (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
July 1 | Leon Panetta takes office as Defense Secretary. |
July 1 | Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 ends. Geneva. |
July 2-10 | Senate Independence Day recess. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 6 | Defense Department submits to Congress a report on the phased, adaptive approach to missile defense in Europe (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 227) and an independent review and assessment of the ground-based mid-course defense system (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 228). |
July 6-7 | European Union, seminar on eliminating weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. Brussels, Belgium. |
July 7-8 | 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) summer conference, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
July 8 | 15th anniversary of an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. The Hague, Netherlands. |
July 12 | California special election runoff to replace former Rep. Jane Harman (CA-36). |
July 13 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Stewart O'Bryan, Commander, Navy Air and Missile Defense Command, "Integrated Navy Air and Missile Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, July 12, to Elma Rhue by |
July 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), "Senate Outlook on Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, July 13, to Elma Rhue by |
Between July 15-23 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum meeting. Bali, Indonesia. |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July 16-24 | House of Representatives recess. |
July 25-29 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bruce MacDonald, U.S. Institute of Peace, and other speakers, "Advanced Issues in Strategic Arms Control," U.S. Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
July 27 | Time TBA, House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill. HT-2 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
July 27-29 | U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues. Matsumoto, Japan. |
July 29 | Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future submits an interim report to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. |
July 31 | 20th anniversary of the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) by President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, reducing the U.S. and Soviet Union from over 10,00 deployed strategic warheads each to 6,000 each. Moscow. |
July 31 | Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 30. |
July | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Gen. Martin Dempsey to be Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (estimate). Location TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
July | Vice President Joe Biden visits China. |
July | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
Aug. 2 | U.S. debt-default due date. |
Aug. 2 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 begins. Through Sept. 16. Geneva. |
Aug. 3 | Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
Aug. 3-4 | U.S. Strategic Command, "Deterrence Symposium." Qwest Center, Omaha, NE. |
Aug. 3-9 | Japan Council Against A and H Bombs, World Conference Against A and H Bombs. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. |
Aug. 4 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Global Nuclear Zero: Prospects." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Aug. 3, to Elma Rhue by |
Aug. 5 | House of Representatives floor action on the State, foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
Aug. 6 | Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
Aug. 6-Sept. 5 | House and Senate summer recess. (House recess is through Sept. 6.) |
Aug. 9 | Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
Aug. 11 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Broadcast on Fox News. |
Aug. 13 | Ames Straw Poll of Republican presidential candidates. Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. |
Aug. 18 | Nuclear Free Future, "Walk Away from Uranium Mining," a 10-week walk through Western Australia to oppose uranium mining. Through Oct. 30. |
Aug. 29 | 20th anniversary of the closure of Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan, the main Soviet nuclear test site. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. | Missile Defense Agency tests the Airborne Laser (possible). Edwards Air Force Base, CA, and San Nicolas Island, CA. |
Aug. 31 | Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. |
Aug. or Sept. | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (estimate). |
Sept. 1 | David Petraeus takes office as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (estimate). |
Sept. 1 | President Obama submits to Congress an annual Global Nuclear Security report on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (22 U.S. Code Sec. 3244 note). |
Sept. 5 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 7 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast on CNBC and MSNBC, and video webcast on POLITICO. |
Sept. 11 | 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
Sept. 12 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Tampa, FL. Broadcast and video webcast on CNN. |
Sept. 12-16 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Sept. 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., John Foster, member, Strategic Posture Commission, "Maintaining and Modernizing the Nuclear Enterprise." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 13, to Elma Rhue by |
Sept. 16 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Peppi DeBiaso, Director, Office of Missile Defense Policy, Defense Department, "Missile Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 15, to Elma Rhue by |
Sept. 16 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 ends. Geneva. |
Sept. 16-17 | International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons conference, Geneva. |
Sept. 18-20 | Women's Action for New Directions and Women Legislators' Lobby conference and lobby day. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington. |
Sept. 19-23 | International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna, Austria. |
Week of Sept. 19 | Nonproliferation and Disarmament Initiative, composed of Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates, meeting of foreign ministers. United Nations. |
Sept. 20 | ~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations (estimate). Broadcast on CNN, video webcast on the U.N. website, and may be video webcast on the White House website. |
Sept. 21 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Joseph DeTrani, Director, National Counterproliferation Center, "U.S. Proliferation Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 20, to Elma Rhue by |
Sept. 22 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Orlando, FL. Broadcast on Fox News. |
Sept. 23 | U.N. Conference for Promoting the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). United Nations. |
Sept. 23 | 19th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear weapon test, "Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Sept. 24 | 15th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations. |
Sept. 24-Oct. 2 | House and Senate Rosh Hashanah recess. |
Sept. 26 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Sept. 26-30 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bruce MacDonald, U.S. Institute of Peace, and other speakers, "Advanced Issues in Strategic Arms Control," U.S. Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
Sept. 27 | 20th anniversary of President George H.W. Bush's Presidential Nuclear Initiative to reduce unilaterally U.S. nuclear weapons, including cancellation of the MX rail-garrison and short-range attack missile (SRAM II) programs and the withdrawal of all remaining Army ground-based tactical nuclear weapons and Navy tactical nuclear weapons worldwide. He also ended the 24-hour alert status of B-1B and B-52 bombers. |
Sept. 28 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 30. |
Sept. | Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan meets with President Obama. Washington. |
Sept. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC. |
Sept. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
Sept. | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Improving Metrics for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (estimate). |
Fall | Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Washington. |
Fall | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a review by the National Academy of Sciences of the national security laboratories (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3131). |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 1 | Adm. Mike Mullen retires as Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Martin Dempsey takes office. |
Oct. 3-Nov. 1 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
Oct. 7 | Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Oct. 8. |
Oct. 7-10 | House and Senate Yom Kippur-Columbus Day recess. |
Oct. 9 | Fifth anniversary of North Korea's first nuclear test, near Kilchu, North Korea. |
Oct. 10 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Oct. 11 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate, focusing on economic issues. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Broadcast and video webcast on Bloomberg TV. |
Oct. 11-12 | 25th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit between President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on nuclear arms reductions. Reykjavik, Iceland. |
Oct. 14 | 5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
Oct. 15-23 | House of Representatives recess. |
Oct. 18 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV. Broadcast on CNN. |
Oct. 22-30 | Senate recess. |
Oct. 24 | University of London, London Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. London. |
Oct. 24 | United Nations Day. |
Oct. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on theSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
Oct. | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory director George Miller retires. Livermore, CA. |
Oct. | Arab Institute for Security Studies, "Laying the Grounds for 2012--Opportunities for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security." Location TBA. |
Oct. or Nov. | Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Oct. or Nov. | Nevada special election to replace former Rep., and now Sen., Dean Heller (NV-2). |
Nov. 3-4 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cannes, France. |
Nov. 3-6 | Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day and annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. |
Nov. 5-13 | House of Representatives Veterans Day recess. (Senate Veterans Day recess has not been announced yet.) |
Nov. 7 | Eid Al-Adha. |
Nov. 8 | U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi and numerous mayoral races. |
Nov. 8 | Kansas City, MO, ballot initiative to prohibit nuclear weapons parts production at the new National Nuclear Security Administration plant in Kansas City. |
Nov. 11 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperationforeign ministers meeting. Hawai'i Convention Center, Honolulu. |
Nov. 11 | Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
Nov. 12-13 | President Obama hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Hawai'i Convention Center, Honolulu. |
Nov. 17-18 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. 19 | President Obama attends an East Asia Summit. Bali, Indonesia. President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao meet on the sidelines of the summit. |
Nov. 19 | 15th anniversary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. 19-28 | House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. (Senate Thanksgiving recess has not been announced yet.) |
Nov. 24 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
Nov. 26 | 20th anniversary of the last British nuclear weapon test, "Bristol." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
Nov. | U.N.-South Korea Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju, South Korea. |
Dec. 4 | Russian Duma elections. |
Dec. 5-22 | Biological Weapons Convention review conference. Geneva |
Dec. 8 | Congress adjourns (tentative). |
Dec. 10 or 11 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. City TBA, IA. Broadcast on ABC. |
Dec. 12 | 20th anniversary of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Public Law 102-228, Title II). |
Dec. 13 | 10th anniversary of President George W. Bush's announcement of U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. |
Dec. 20 | Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 28. |
Dec. 22 | First anniversary of the ratification of the New START Treaty by the Senate on a vote of 71 to 26. |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday) |
Dec. 26 | Christmas observed (federal holiday). |
Dec. 26 | 20th anniversary of the breakup of the Soviet Union. |
Early Dec. | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a G-8 foreign ministers meeting. Kuwait. |
Dec. | India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile (tentative). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN. |
TBA | Iran resumes talks on its nuclear program, with the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States), lead by Saeed Jalili, Iran's nuclear negotiator, and Catherine Ashton, European Union's foreign policy chief. Istanbul, Turkey. |
TBA | North Korea resumes six-party talks on its nuclear program with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and United States. Beijing. |
2012 | |
Jan. 1 | New Year's Day (holiday). |
Jan. 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the status of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563). |
Jan. 1 | U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon begins a second five-year term. |
Jan. 2 | New Year's Day observed (federal holiday). |
Jan. 2 | U.S. Air Force submits to Congress a report on bomber modernization, sustainment, and recapitalization (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 1056.). |
Jan. 3 | Congress convenes (estimate). |
Jan. 4 | Fifth anniversary of "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," by George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn in the Wall Street Journal. |
Jan. 12 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Iowa Public Television, Johnston, IA. Broadcast on PBS and video webcast on YouTube. |
Jan. 16 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2012 begins. Through March 23 (estimate). Geneva. |
Jan. 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
Jan. 19 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Charleston, SC. Broadcast on CNN. |
Jan. 29 | Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future submits its final report to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. |
Jan. 29 | 10th anniversary of President George W. Bush's "axis of evil" speech. |
Jan. 30 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Sioux City, IA. Broadcast on Fox News. |
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. 31 | President Obama submits to Congress an annual report on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material, and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). |
Jan. 31 | President Obama submits to the Senate an annual report on the implementation of the New START Treaty (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(10)). |
Late Jan. or early Feb. | 9:00 p.m. EST, President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. House Chamber, Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks, and video webcast on the White House website. |
Feb. 1 | Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on the acquisition by foreign countries of technology for the development or production of weapons of mass destruction (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2366). Previous reports are posted on the Director of National Intelligence website. |
Feb. 5 | First anniversary of the New START Treaty entering into force. |
Feb. 5 | President Obama submits to the Senate an annual report on the status of negotiations with Russia on tactical nuclear weapons (New START Treaty,Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(12)(B)). |
Feb. 6 | ~10:30 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
Feb. 6 | ~1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary Steven Chu presents the Energy Department budget. Forrestal Building, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website. |
Feb. 6 | Iowa presidential caucuses (estimate). |
Feb. 6 | Defense Department and Energy Department submit to Congress an updated, annual 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251). |
Between Feb. 7-13 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC. |
Feb. 14 | New Hampshire presidential primary (estimate). |
Feb. 15 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note). |
Feb. 15 | Missile Defense Agency submits to Congress an annual report on acquisition baselines (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 225). |
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. 18 | Nevada presidential caucuses (estimate). |
Between Feb. 19-27 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. City TBA, SC. Broadcast on Fox News. |
Feb. 20 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 22 | Fifth anniversary of the Defense Department's cancellation of the "Divine Strake" nuclear test simulation, using conventional explosives. Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Feb. 28 | South Carolina presidential primary (estimate). |
Feb. | Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC. |
March 1 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the military power of China (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on theDefense Department website. |
March 1 | Defense Department, with the National Nuclear Security Administration, submits to Congress a biennial report on the nuclear triad (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 1054). |
March 1 | Defense and Energy Departments submit to Congress a report on the criteria and the methodology determining the safety and security of nuclear weapons (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 1063). |
March 5 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. |
March 5 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
March 6 | "Super Tuesday," with presidential caucuses and primaries in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, and New York (estimates). Note: Presidential caucuses and primaries after Super Tuesday are not listed. |
March 11 | Russian presidential election (estimate). |
March 11 | First anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. Fukushima, Japan. |
March 19-21 | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Missile Defense Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (closed). |
March 23 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2012 ends (estimate). Geneva. |
March 23-26 | Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Arlington, VA (March 23-25), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 26). |
March 26-27 | President Obama attends the Second Nuclear Security Summit. Seoul, South Korea. |
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 | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC. |
March | Center for Energy and Security Studies, Moscow Nonproliferation Conference (estimate). Moscow. |
March-April | U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. |
April 6 | Good Friday. |
April 6 | Passover begins at sundown. Through April 13. |
April 8 | Easter. |
April 9 | National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran. |
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 16 | 25th anniversary of the Missile Technology Control Regime. |
April 27 | South Korean National Assembly elections (estimate). |
April 29 | 15th anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention entering into force. Also the due date for the United States and Russia to destroy their remaining stocks of chemical weapons. Both countries will miss the due date. |
Week of April 30 and May 7 | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 review conference. Vienna, Austria; Geneva; or United Nations. |
April | President Obama hosts a NATO summit. Chicago or another city TBA, United States. Adoption of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the agenda. |
April | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on theSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium dispositionat the Savannah River Site, SC. |
May 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual nuclear stockpile stewardship and management plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a plan for the modernization and refurbishment of the nuclear security complex (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 113). |
May 11 | 14th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India. |
May 24 | 10th anniversary of the signing of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty), by President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow. |
May 28 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
May 28 | 14th anniversary of the first Pakistani nuclear test, "Chagai I." Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan. |
May | French presidential election. |
June 4 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
June 12 | 30th anniversary of a demonstration by one million people in support of the U.N. Special Session on Disarmament. Central Park, New York. |
June 13 | 10th anniversary of withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty by President George W. Bush. |
June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
June | French National Assembly elections. |
June or July | President Obama hosts a G-8 summit. City TBA, United States. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July 20 | Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 18. |
July | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
TBA | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction (may be delayed until 2013). Location TBA. |
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