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Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 13, 2014

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Sept. 19-Nov. 11	House and Senate Election Day recess.
Oct. 7-15	General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) holds general debate. United Nations. Webcast on the U.N. website. Related events at the United Nations are on the Reaching Critical Will website.
Oct. 13	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 13	15th anniversary of the U.S. Senate defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on a 48-51 vote.
Oct. 14	~10:00 a.m., Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton continue negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program. Vienna.
Oct. 14	10:00 a.m.-noon, Corey Hinderstein, Andrew Bieniawski, Andrew Newman and Kelsey Hartigan, Nuclear Threat Initiative, "Innovating Verification." United Nations, ECOSOC Chamber.
Oct. 14	11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Tad Daley, Center for War/Peace Studies, and former Sen. Harris Wofford (PA), "Can We Abolish Nuclear Weapons Before We Abolish War?" Women’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
Oct. 14	Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman and Senior Advisor Jake Sullivan, and their Iranian and European Union counterparts continue negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Vienna.
Oct. 15	~10:00 a.m., Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton continue negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Vienna.
Oct. 16	50th anniversary of the first Chinese nuclear test. Lop Nur, China.
Oct 16-28	General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) holds thematic discussions on specific subjects. United Nations. Webcast on the U.N. website. Related events at the United Nations are on the Reaching Critical Will website.
Oct. 20	9:45-11:00 a.m., Robert Einhorn, Brookings Institution; Elizabeth Rosenberg, Center for a New American Security; and Alireza Nader, RAND Corporation, "Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
Oct. 20	11:00-11:30 a.m., Tom Collina, Ploughshares Fund, "The Unaffordable Arsenal: Reducing the Costs of the Bloated U.S. Nuclear Stockpile." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
Oct. 20	Noon-12:55 p.m., Des Browne, former U.K. Defense Secretary, keynote speech. Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
Oct. 20	1:00-1:30 p.m., Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman and Guakhar Mukhatzhanova, Monterey Institute, "The Future of the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Regime." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
Oct. 20	7:00 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century." Dixie State University, Eccles Fine Arts Center, S. 700 East, St. George, UT.
Oct. 20-24	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), "Symposium on International Safeguards: Linking Strategy, Implementation and People." IAEA Headquarters, Vienna.
Oct. 21	1:30-2:30 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy." Weber State University, Elizabeth Hall, Room 229, Ogden, UT.
Oct. 21	4:10-5:30 p.m., Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, U.S. Force Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Office, "The Role of Nuclear Triad." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Oct. 21	7:00-8:30 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century." Sponsored by Westminster College, Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy and HEAL Utah. At Westminster College, Gore Concert Hall, 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City.
Oct. 22	1:00-2:00 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons." University of Utah, Spencer Hall, Hinckely Caucus Room, 260 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City.
Oct. 23	1:15-4:30 p.m., Scott Busby, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, "North Korea's Human Rights," and speaker TBA, "State of the North Korean Affairs and U.S. Policy." Sponsored by ICAS Liberty Foundation. Venue TBA, Washington. Register online.
Oct. 23	6:00-8:00 p.m., Adam Mount, Council on Foreign Relations; Tom Collina, Ploughshares Fund; Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University; and Thomas Moore, Wilson Center, "Debate: Should the United States Cut its Nuclear Arsenal?" George Washington University, Room B17, 1957 E St. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 24	3:00-4:30 p.m., International Law Association, "Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: U.S. Policy and International. Law," with five speakers. At Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62 St., New York. Register online.
Oct. 28	12:30-2:00 p.m., John Park, Harvard University, "Negotiating with North Korea: Proliferation, Peninsular Stability, Power Consolidation." Harvard University, 1737 Cambridge St., CGIS Knafel Building, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), Cambridge, MA.
Oct. 29-Nov. 5	General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) votes on resolutions. United Nations. Webcast on the U.N. website. Related events at the United Nations are on the Reaching Critical Will website.
Oct. 30	National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.
Nov. 3-Dec. 9	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. 4-5	Royal United Services Institute, Joint U.K.-U.S. Project on Nuclear Issues Conference. Open to U.S. or U.K. PONI members only. Wokefield Park Hotel, Goodboys Lane, Mortimer, Reading, United Kingdom.
Nov. 8	10:00-11:00 a.m., Eric Schlosser, book talk by the author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety. Sponsored by the Chicago Humanities Festival. At University of Illinois at Chicago, 725 W. Roosevelt Road, Main Hall AB, Chicago.
Nov. 9	25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Nov. 10-11	President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Beijing.
Nov. 11	Veterans Day (federal holiday).
Nov. 12	2:00 p.m., House and Senate return from their Election Day recesses.
Nov. 12	President Obama meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Beijing.
Nov. 13	3:30-5:00 p.m., Magdalena Stawkowski, Stanford University, "Radioactive Knowledge: State Control of Scientific Information in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan." Stanford University, CISAC Conference Room, Encina Hall Central, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA. RSVP online.
Nov. 15-16	President Obama attends a G-20 summit. Brisbane, Australia.
Nov. 17-18	U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs and U.N. Information Service in Geneva, "Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in the 21st Century." Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Nov. 17-21	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Week of Nov. 17 or Dec. 1	House of Representatives floor action on a second Continuing Resolution or an Omnibus Appropriation bill (estimate).
Week of Nov. 17, 24 or Dec.	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Robert Scher to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of Nov. 17, 24 or Dec.	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Richard Verma to be ambassador to India (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of Nov. 17, 24 or Dec.	Senate floor vote on the nomination of Frank Rose to be Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance (estimate).
Nov. 20	Noon-1:30 p.m., Bruce Klingner, Heritage Foundation; Fred Fleitz, Center for Security Policy; and Bruce Bechtol, Angelo State University, "Eyes on North Korea: Threats from the Hermit Kingdom." International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW, Washington. Tickets are $12.
Nov. 20-21	Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, and on Capitol Hill. Register online.
Nov. 21-30	House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess.
Nov. 22-23	Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Quaker Public Policy Institute. Citizen advocates will urge members of Congress to let diplomacy work on the eve of the deadline for a final U.S.-Iran nuclear deal. Policy briefing on Iran will feature Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (retired). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, and on Capitol Hill. Register online
Nov. 24	Target date for a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran.
Week of Nov. 24, Dec. 1 or 8	Senate floor action on a second Continuing Resolution or an Omnibus Appropriation bill (estimate).
Nov. 27	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov. 27-30	Senate Thanksgiving recess.
Nov.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
Nov.	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons on entering into force of the treaty. Budapest, Hungary.
Nov. or Dec.	Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits its final report to Congress (estimate) (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166).
Nov. or Dec.	Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible). Helsinki.
Dec. 1	6:00-7:30 p.m., Praful Bidwai, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, "Nuclear India: Prospects for Military and Civil Use." Heinrich Böll Foundation, Schumannstr 8, Berlin.
Dec. 1	Office of Management and Budget returns revised budgets, known as passbacks, to federal agencies for fiscal year 2016 (estimate; may be delayed). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 2 (tentative).
Week of Dec. 1 or 8	House and Senate floor action on the annual defense authorization bill (possible).
Dec. 4-5	Rose Gottemoeller, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; Andreas Persbo, Verification Research, Training and Information Centre; and other speakers. "The Prague Agenda 2014." Sponsored by the Czech Foreign Affairs Ministry and Institute of International Relations (Prague). Czernin Palace, Great Hall and Mirror Hall, Prague.
Dec. 5	2:00-5:30 p.m., Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Frum; Pho van den Biesen, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA); Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs; and David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, "Back to the International Court of Justice: The Marshall Islands’ Nuclear Zero Lawsuits." Sponsored by IALANA and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. At Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13, Vienna.
Dec. 5	20th anniversary of the START I treaty entering into force. The treaty reduced the number of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons by 80 percent to 6,000 each.
Dec. 5	20th anniversary of Ukraine joining the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Dec. 6	Possible runoff election for the Louisiana Senate seat between Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) and Rep. Bill Cassidy (R).
Dec. 6-7	International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, "Civil Society Forum," Vienna.
Dec. 8-9	Austrian Foreign Ministry, "Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons." Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Webcast on the Austrian Foreign Ministry website.
Dec. 11	3:30-5:00 p.m., Mark Bell, Stanford University, "Beyond Emboldenment: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons on State Foreign Policy." Stanford University, CISAC Conference Room, Encina Hall Central, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA. RSVP online.
Dec. 12	Congress adjourns (tentative).
Dec. 16	Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Dec. 24.
Dec. 17	12:30-2:00 p.m., Kazuto Suzuki and Jacqueline Shire, U.N. Iran Panel of Experts, "Deal or No Deal? Prospects for Iran's Nuclear Program." Princeton University, 221 Nassau St., Second Floor Conference Room, Princeton, NJ.
Dec. 22	Fourth anniversary of the U.S. Senate ratification of the New START Treaty on a 71-26 vote. The treaty reduces the maximum number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each.
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
2015
Jan. 1	New Year's Day (holiday).
Jan. 6	Noon, Congress convenes (estimate).
Jan. 6	Possible runoff election for the Georgia Senate seat between Michelle Nunn (D) and David Perdue (R).
Jan. 8-14	International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts, "Global Nuclear Governance: Actors, Policies and Issues." Hotel Gruppo, Trento, Italy. Apply online.
Jan. 17-25	House and Senate Martin Luther King Jr. recesses (estimates).
Jan. 19	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).
Jan. 19	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2015 begins. Through March 27. Geneva.
Jan. 31	65th anniversary of President Truman's decision to develop the hydrogen bomb.
Jan.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
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 and webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and webcast on theWhite House website.
Feb. 1	Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories reports to Congress and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Public Law 113-76, Sec. 319).
Feb. 2	Morning, Office of Management and Budget releases the fiscal year 2016 federal budget (tentative). Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.
Feb. 2	Afternoon, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz presents the Energy Department's annual budget (tentative). Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington. Posted on theEnergy Department website.
Feb. 2	Defense and Energy Departments submit to Congress an annual 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems and nuclear weapons command and control system ("1043 report") (tentative) (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1043).
Feb. 14-22	House and Senate Presidents Day recesses (estimates).
Feb. 15	Missile Defense Agency (MDA) submits to Congress an annual accountability report on the Ballistic Missile Defense System (10 U.S. Code Sec. 225). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website.
Feb. 16	Presidents Day (federal holiday).
Feb. 17-20	ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit. Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington. Registeronline.
Feb.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
March 1	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States (10 U.S. Code, Sec. 494).
March 1	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on Chinese military and security developments (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website.
March 1	15th anniversary of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
March 1-3	American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington.
March 5	45th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entering into force.
March 14-17	Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), Spring Lobby Weekend. Washington.
March 15	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a biannual report on the plan for stewardship, management and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons stockpile (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523).
March 23-24	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
March-April	U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, meeting of governmental experts on a fissile material treaty. Geneva.
March or April	Rose Gottemoeller, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, attends the sixth P5 conference. London. The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference at the United Nations (April 27-May 22) is on the agenda.
April 3	Good Friday.
April 3	Passover begins at sunset. Through April 11.
April 5	Easter.
April 5	Sixth anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
April 8	Fifth anniversary of the signing of the New START 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 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 17-20	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton Washington DC-Crystal City, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA.
April 27-May 22	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations.
April	Third Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties Establishing Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia (estimate). City TBA, Indonesia.
April	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons on entering into force of the treaty. City TBA, Italy.
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 the Defense Department website.
May 7	United Kingdom general election.
May 25	Memorial Day (holiday).
May 25	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2015 begins. Through July 10. Geneva.
June 4-5	President Obama attends the G-7 summit. Klais, Bavaria, Germany.
June 17	Ramadan begins at sunset. Through July 17.
July 3	Independence Day observed (holiday).
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 16	70th anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 28	Third anniversary of the break-in at the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, TN, by Sister Megan Rice and two fellow Transform Now Plowshares activists.
Aug. 3	Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2015 begins. Through Sept. 18. Geneva.
Aug. 6	8:16 a.m., 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 9	11:02 a.m., 70th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
Sept. 7	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 11	Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 13	Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset. Through Sept. 15.
Sept. 14	Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2017 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 1.
Sept. 22	~10:00 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. 22	Yom Kippur begins at sunset. Through Sept. 23.
Sept. 26	International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Sept.	Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. (Article XIV Conference). United Nations or Vienna.
Sept.	Pope Francis visits Philadelphia, and perhaps Washington and other U.S. cities.
Fall	President Obama attends the G-20 summit. City TBA, Turkey.
Fall	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons on entering into force of the treaty. City Hiroshima, Japan.
Fall	Russian navy test launches its Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from the Vladimir Monomakh and Alexander Nevsky submarines. From east of the Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean to the Chizha test range, Kanin Peninsula, Russia.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 9	11:00 a.m. Norwegian time (5:00 a.m. EDT), Nobel Peace Prizeannounced (estimate). Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 12	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 15-19	Parliament of the World’s Religions. Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City.
Oct. 30	National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.

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