Nuclear Calendar -- March 31, 2013 | Friends Committee on National Legislation
| March 15-April 14 | Quotidian Theater, performance of A Walk in the Woods, about informal meetings between an American and Russian nuclear arms control negotiators in Geneva. At Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda. Tickets available online. |
| March 22-April 8 | House and Senate spring recess. (Senate recess is March 23-April 7.) |
| March 31 | Easter. |
| 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 31 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| Spring | Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Interceptor missile fromVandenberg 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. |
| April 1 | 10:00-11:30 a.m., Javier Solana, former European Union Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Gary Samore, former White House Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction, "Negotiating with Iran: How Best to Reach Success." Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| April 1-19 | U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. |
| April 2 | Departments of Defense, Energy and State, and Director of National Intelligence submit to Congress a report on Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs in Russia (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1303). |
| April 2 | Joint Chiefs of Staff submit to Congress a report on U.S. capabilities in relation to China, North Korea and Iran (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1231). |
| April 2 | Kansas City, MO, votes on a citizen’s initiative to bar city financing for nuclear weapons facilities. |
| April 2-3 | Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, "Reducing the Risk from Radioactive and Nuclear Materials: Implementing Nuclear and Radiological Security Culture." At George Washington University, 1957 E. St., NW, Seventh Floor State Room, Washington. Register online. |
| April 4 | 9:30-11:00 a.m., Stuart Eizenstat, Covington & Burling; Barry Pavel, Atlantic Council; and Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association, "Time to Move from Tactics to Strategy on Iran." Atlantic Council, 1101 15th St., NW, 11th Floor, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Atlantic Council email">email. |
| April 4 | 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Frank von Hippel, former Assistant Director, White House Office of Science and Technology, Clinton administration; and William Tobey, former Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Bush 43 administration, "Should the U.S. Encourage South Korea and Japan to Make More 'Peaceful' Nuclear Fuel?" Sponsored by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. 2200 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online. |
| April 4 | 2:00 p.m., screening of In My Lifetime: A Presentation of The Nuclear World Project," followed by a discussion with Robert Frye, the film's director. 54 Varick St., New York. |
| April 5 | 10:00-11:00 a.m., Dina Esfandiary, International Institute for Strategic Studies; Yasmin Alem, author of Duality by Design: The Iranian Electoral System; and Afshon Ostovar, Center for Naval Analyses, "Whose Finger Is on the Button? Insight into Iran's Domestic Politics." International Institute for Strategic Studies, Suite 801, 2121 K St., NW, Washington. IISS members or by invite only. |
| April 5 | 12:15-1:45 p.m., Chung Mong Joon, member of National Assembly of Korea, "North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Perceptions, Reality and Options." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. RSVPonline. |
| April 5 | 1:45-3:30 p.m., Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General; Robert Gallucci, former Assistant Secretary of State; and Angela Kane, U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, "The Nonproliferation Regime: Firewall Against Nuclearization?" Sponsored by the Monterey Institute. Union Square Hilton, Room Continental 4, 333 O'Farrell St., San Francisco. |
| April 5 | Fourth anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons. |
| April 5-6 | P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom and United States) continue negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program. Almaty, Kazakhstan. |
| April 6 | 12:30-4:00 p.m., Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, "Action Against the UPF." Bissell Park, Oak Ridge, TN. |
| April 6-7 | International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists, "North America Nuclear Policy Conference." At George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. Register online. |
| April 8 | Third anniversary of the signing of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Prague. The treaty reduced the number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each. |
| April 8-9 | Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
| April 8-19 | Chemical Weapons Convention, review conference. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| April 9 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea, with Adm. Samuel Locklear, Commander, U.S Pacific Command; and Gen. James Thurman, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea. G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| April 9 | 10:00 a.m., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hearing on the nomination of Ernie Moniz to be Energy Secretary. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| April 9 | 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Martin Hellman, Stanford University, "The Wisdom of Foolishness: Taking on Nuclear Deterrence." Georgia Institute of Technology, Manufacturing Research Center, Room 114, 813 Ferst Dr., NW, Atlanta. RSVP by 5:00 p.m., April 7 online or by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Fariah Majmundar">email. |
| April 9 | Illinois special election for the 2nd Congressional District to replace former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (Robin Kelly won the Democratic primary on Feb. 26 and will win the special election.) |
| April 10 | 10:00 a.m., Nuclear Security Governance Experts Group, "Responsibility Beyond Rules: Leadership for a Secure Nuclear Future," with five speakers. Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| April 10 | ~11:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
| April 10 | 1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary Steven Chu presents the Energy Department's annual budget. Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website. RSVP by April 1 to Diane Meck by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Diane Meck">email. |
| April 10-11 | Secretary of State John Kerry attends a G-8 foreign ministers meeting. London. |
| April 11 | 8:30-11:00 a.m., Ellen Tauscher, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz (retired), former Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command; Steve Pifer, Brookings Institution; and James Goodby, Stanford University, "The Prague Nuclear Risk Reduction Agenda: Next Steps Forward in Obama's Second Term." Sponsored by Arms Control Association. National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, Murrow Room, Washington. RSVP online. |
| April 11 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey. G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| April 11 | 50th anniversary of the encyclical letter Pacem in Terris by Pope John XXIII, which called for an end to the nuclear arms race. |
| 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 12-14 | Secretary of State John Kerry travels to South Korea, Japan and China. North Korea's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
| April 13 | 2:00-6:00 p.m., American University, "The Strength of Dialogue: In Honor of JFK's Commencement Address (1963-2013)," with Sergei Khrushchev, Brown University; former Rep. James Symington (MO); John Beyrle, former Ambassador to Russia; Vladimir Pechatnov, MGIMO University, Moscow; and Allen Pietrobon, American University. At American University, Ward Circle 1, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by noon, April 12 by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Initiative for Russian Culture">email. |
| April 14-17 | Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. At the Equality Center, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
| April 15 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Sun Xiangli, China Academy of Engineering Physics, "Nuclear Weapon Development and Disarmament." Stanford University, Encina Hall Central, CISAC Conference Room, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA. |
| April 15 | 12:30-1:30 p.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "The Future of the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent." American Security Project, 1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 710W, Washington. RSVP by April 12 by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="ASP Events">email. |
| April 15 | National Security Advisor Tom Donilon meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow. Nuclear arms reductions are on the agenda. |
| April 15 | Energy Department submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| April 15 | State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a(a)). Previous reports are posted on theState Department website. |
| April 16 | 4:00-6:00 p.m., Noam Chomsky, MIT, "The Prospects for a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East." MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Building 10, Room 250, Cambridge, MA. |
| April 18 | 10:00 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on "Current and Future Worldwide Threats to the National Security of the United States," with James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| April 18 | 3:30-5:00 p.m., Stanford University, "Power and Prohibition: The Making of the International Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, 1953-1970," with speakers TBA. Stanford University, Encina Hall, CISAC Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| April 18-19 | Russia hosts a P5 conference on strengthening the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (closed). Geneva. |
| April 19 | States Parties to Nuclear Weapon Free Zones, Preparatory Committee meeting. Geneva. |
| April 20-21 | Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament present and discuss "Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play" report. Glion, Switzerland. |
| April 22 | Gareth Evans and Ramesh Thakur, Australian National University, "Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play." Palais des Nations, Geneva. |
| April 22-May 3 | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Geneva. |
| April 24 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Mike Rogers (AL), "Nuclear and Missile Defense Modernization." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| April 26 | 8:00 a.m., Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, “Nuclear Abolition: A Time for Boldness and Hope.” Geneva. |
| April 27-May 5 | House and Senate recess. |
| April 30 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Vice Adm. William Burke, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Warfare Systems, "Navy Perspectives on Trident Strategic Modernization." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| April 30 | Massachusetts special Democratic Senate primary election to replace former Sen. John Kerry, between Rep. Stephen Lynch and Rep. Ed Markey. |
| April | Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visits Israel. |
| April | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| April | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
| April | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
| April | Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates) foreign ministers meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Late April | Gen. Martin Dempsey, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, meets with Chinese officials. Beijing. |
| April or May | House of Representatives floor vote (on the suspension calendar) of the Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act of 2013, H.R. 1073 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| April or May | Defense and Energy Departments submit to Congress an annual 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251). |
| May 1 | Defense Department submits to Congress a biannual report on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on theDefense Department website. |
| 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 biennial Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship Criteria and Assessment Report (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2522). |
| May 6-10 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| May 7 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Don Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Progress on Modernization of the U.S. Deterrent Warheads." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 7 | South Carolina special election for the 1st Congressional District to replace former Rep. and now Sen. Tim Scott. |
| May 7 | Transform Now Plowshares activists go on trial for sabotage 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. |
| May 8 | 1:15-5:30 p.m., International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists, "The 2013 NPT PrepCom and Implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan." U.S. Embassy, 24 Grosvenor Square, London. |
| May 10 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Mark Schneider, National Institute for Public Policy, and Steve Blank, U.S. Army War College, "Future Russian Strategic Challenges." Part of thePeter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 11 | 15th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India. |
| May 13 | Conference on Disarmament second session for 2013 begins. Through June 28. Geneva. |
| May 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Tester (MT), "Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control and the Triad." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Reserve Officers of America, One Constitution Ave., NE, Washington. RSVPonline. |
| May 15 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Miller, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "Challenges to Achieving Strategic Stability." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 18 | Temporary suspension of U.S. debt ceiling expires. |
| May 19 | 2:00 p.m., screening of "Hibakusha, Our Life to Live." Beech St. Center, 266 Beech St., Belmont, MA. |
| Week of May 20 | House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be webcast on the committee website depending on room location. |
| May 23-24 | Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and NATO officials meet with Russian officials to discuss missile defense. Moscow. |
| May 24 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Pillsbury, Defense Department; Gordon Chang, author; and Richard Fischer, International Assessment and Strategy Center, "China’s Challenge: Nuclear and Missile Defense Perspectives." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 24-June 2 | House and Senate Memorial Day recess. (Senate recess begins May 25.) |
| May 27 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
| May 27 | 25th anniversary of Senate ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by a vote of 93 to 5. The treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. |
| May 28 | 15th anniversary of Pakistan's first nuclear test. Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan. |
| May 31 | Defense Department completes its "Strategic Choices and Management Review,” which frame the Defense Department's guidance for the fiscal year 2015 budget and be the foundation for the Quadrennial Defense Review due to Congress in February 2014. |
| May or June | House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| June 1 | 25th anniversary of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty entering into force. The treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. |
| June 3-7 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| June 4 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Richard Formica, Commander, Space and Missile Defense Command, "Global and Layered Missile Defense Perspectives." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 4 | Missouri special election for the 8th Congressional District to replace former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson. |
| June 5 | Time TBA, House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June 7 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force, "Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 10 | 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's commencement address at American University, where he called for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Washington.American University website of the event. |
| Week of June 10 | House of Representatives floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| June 11 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., former Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Strategic Challenges Facing America." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 11 | 3:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
| June 11 | 6:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
| June 12 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "Missile Defense, Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Prompt Global Strike and the Search for Strategic Stability in a Constrained Budget Environment." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 12 | 2:30-9:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee begins markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 13 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and John Harvey, Office of Secretary of Defense, "The Nuclear Infrastructure Challenge and Deterrence Implications." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 13 | 9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee continues (and may complete) markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Larry Welch (retired), Institute for Defense Analysis, "Nuclear Triad, Arms Control, Deterrence and America’s Security." Part of thePeter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 14 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee continues (if necessary) markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office building, Washington (closed). |
| June 14 | Iranian presidential election. |
| June 16 | U.S.-Russian umbrella agreement for the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program expires. |
| June 17-18 | President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit. |
| June 17-21 | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Science and Technology Conference 2013." Hofburg Palace, Vienna. Register by Feb. 1 online. |
| June 20 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), "Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrence Futures, A Senate Perspective." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 21 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., David Ahern, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic and Tactical Systems, "Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrent Acquisition Strategy." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 25 | Massachusetts special election to replace former Sen. John Kerry. |
| June 27 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Adm. Terry Benedict, Strategic Systems Programs, "Naval Strategic Modernization and Nuclear Deterrence Perspectives." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 28 | Conference on Disarmament second session for 2013 ends. Geneva. |
| June 29-July 7 | House and Senate Independence Day recess. |
| June 30 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSurplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
| July 1 | Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits its interim report to Congress (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166). |
| July 1 | Defense Department submits to Congress a report on the testing program for the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 231). |
| July 1 | Defense and State Departments submit to Congress a report on the feasibility and strategic value of deploying additional conventional and nuclear forces to the Western Pacific region (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1046). |
| July 1 | Nuclear Weapons Council submits to Congress a report on the feasibility of finding further efficiencies in the facilities and functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration in order to reduce costs (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3149). |
| July 3 | 20th anniversary of President Clinton's announcement that he would extend the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium. |
| July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
| July 9 | Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 8. |
| July 15 | Energy Department submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| July 15-19 | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
| July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
| July 22-24 | George Mason University, "Pandemics, Bioterrorism and International Security." George Mason University, University Hall, Suite 2300, 4400 University Dr., MS 2G2, Fairfax, VA. Register online. Register by May 15 for a discounted rate. |
| July 29 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2013 begins. Through Sept. 13. Geneva. |
| July | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| July | Russian navy test launches the Bulava ballistic missile from the submarineAlexander Nevsky. |
| July-Sept. | U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile fromVandenberg Air Force Base, CA, toward the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean. |
| Aug. 3-9 | Gensuikyo, "World Conference Against A- and H- Bombs." Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. |
| Aug. 5 | 50th anniversary of the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom. Moscow. |
| Aug. 6 | Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 9 | Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
| Aug. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decisionSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| Sept. 2 | Labor Day (holiday). |
| Week of Sept. 2 | President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 summit. St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| Sept. 4 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 6. |
| Sept. 5-6 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| Sept. 9 | Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2015 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 3. |
| Sept. 9-13 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Sept. 11 | 12th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
| Sept. 13 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2013 ends. Geneva. |
| Sept. 13 | Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 14. |
| Sept. 13-16 | House of Representatives Yom Kippur recess. |
| Sept. 16-20 | International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna. |
| Sept. 21-29 | House of Representatives recess. |
| Sept. 24 | ~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, video webcast on the U.N. website and may be video webcast on the White House website. |
| Sept. 24 | 50th anniversary of Senate ratification of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by a vote of 80 to 19. |
| Sept. 26 | U.N. General Assemble holds a high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament. United Nations. |
| Sept. 28-Oct. 1 | J Street national conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 30 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| Sept. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM. |
| Sept. | Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). Vienna. |
| Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 5-7 | President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Bali, Indonesia. |
| Oct. 7 | 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's signing of the articles of ratification of theLimited Test Ban Treaty. White House, Washington. |
| Oct. 10 | 50th anniversary of the Limited Test Ban Treaty entering into force. |
| Oct. 11 | 5:00 a.m. EDT (11 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
| Oct. 12-21 | House and Senate Columbus Day recess. (Senate recess ends Oct. 20.) |
| Oct. 14 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
| Oct. 15 | Energy Department submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| Oct. 30 | National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. |
| Oct. 31-Nov. 11 | House of Representatives Veterans Day recess. (The Senate has not scheduled its recess yet.) |
| Early Oct. | Dutch Foreign Ministry, preparatory meeting for the third Nuclear Security Summit (to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, March 2014). City TBA, Canada. |
| Oct.-Nov. | U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
| Nov. 5 | U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and mayoral elections in many cities. |
| Nov. 11 | Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
| Nov. 14-17 | Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), lobby day (Nov. 14) andannual meeting (Nov. 14-17). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, Washington. |
| Nov. 20 | 30th anniversary of the broadcast of The Day After, a TV movie that depicted a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| Nov. 22-Dec. 1 | House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. (The Senate has not scheduled its recess yet.) |
| Nov. 25-29 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Nov. 27 | Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 5. |
| Nov. 28 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
| Dec. 1 | Yukiya Amano begins a second, four-year term as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna. |
| Dec. 2 | Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal departments for fiscal year 2015, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 3. |
| Dec. 2-6 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Dec. 13 | House of Representatives target adjournment. |
| Dec. 17 | 75th anniversary of the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman. Berlin. |
| Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
| Dec. 31 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| Dec. | U.S.-Russian "Megatons to Megawatts" agreement, managed by USEC, expires. |
| Dec. | Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva. |
| TBA | Obama administration completes the Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study. |
| TBA | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible). Helsinki. |
| 2014 | |
| Jan. 1 | New Year's Day (holiday). |
| Jan. 2 | U.S. Strategic Command submits to Congress a report on the underground tunnel network in China with respect to the capability of the United States to use conventional and nuclear forces to neutralize such tunnels and what is stored within such tunnels (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1045) |
| Jan. 7 | Congress convenes (estimate). |
| 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, no country will be targeted by missiles of the United States or Russia. |
| Jan. 15 | Energy Department submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| Jan. 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
| Jan. 20 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2014 begins (estimate). Through March 28. Geneva. |
| Jan. 27 | National Downwinders Day. |
| 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 the Senate an annual report on the implementation of the New START Treaty (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(10)). |
| Jan. or Feb. | Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories, "Strategic Weapons in the 21st Century." Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (closed). |
| Late Jan. or early Feb. | 9:00 p.m., President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast, video webcast and audio webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and video webcast on the White House website. |
| Feb. 1 | Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits its final report to Congress (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166). |
| 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. 3 | ~11:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
| Feb. 3 | ~1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary presents the Energy Department's annual budget. Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website. |
| Feb. 3 | Defense Department submits the Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress (10 U.S. Code Sec. 118). |
| Feb. 3 | Defense and Energy Departments submit to Congress an annual 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251). |
| 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 | 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. 15-23 | House and Senate Presidents Day recess (estimate). |
| Feb. 17 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
| 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 (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 defense nuclear nonproliferation programs (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3145). |
| 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 24-26 | President Obama attends the Third Nuclear Security Summit. (Dates are estimates). The Hague, Netherlands. |
| March 28 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2014 ends (estimate). Geneva. |
| March 28 | 35th anniversary of the Three Mile Island accident. |
| March 31 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| March 31 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110). |
| 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 sundown. Through April 22. |
| April 15 | Energy Department submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| April 15 | State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a(a)). Previous reports are posted on theState Department website. |
| April 18 | Good Friday |
| April-May | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. United Nations. |
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