Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 25, 2011
Oct. 3-Nov. 1 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
Oct. 22-30 | Senate recess. |
Oct 24-25 | Glyn Davies, U.S. envoy for North Korea policy, meets with Kim Kye Gwan, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister, on the resumption of six-party talks on Korea Korea's nuclear program. Geneva. |
Oct. 24-25 | International Atomic Energy Agency and Syrian officials meet to discuss Syria's suspected secret nuclear operations. Damascus, Syria. |
Week of Oct. 24 | Russian Navy conducts a test launch of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine (tentative). From the White Sea toward the Pacific Ocean near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. |
Oct. 25 | 9:30-11:00 a.m. Baker Spring, Heritage Foundation; Stephen Blank, U.S. Army War College; Svante Cornell, Johns Hopkins University; and Rep. Michael Turner (OH), "The Strategic Risks of the Reset." Part of "The Risks of the Reset: Why Washington Must Watch Its Step with Moscow." Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. Video webcast Heritage Foundation website. |
Oct. 25 | 10:00-11:30 a.m., Trevor Findlay, Harvard University, "Unleashing the Nuclear Watchdog: Strengthening and Reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. |
Oct. 25 | 4:15-6:00 p.m., William Perry, former Defense Secretary, and Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, "Ethical Dimensions of a World Without Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by the Kroc Institute, Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values and the Center for Social Concerns. University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Center Auditorium, South Bend, IN. Video webcast on theKroc Institute website. |
Oct. 26 | 9:30-11:00 a.m., Li Bin, Carnegie Endowment, and Grgory Kulacki, Union of Concerned Scientists, "Making the U.S.-Chinese Nuclear Dialogue Effective." Union of Concerned Scientists, 1825 K St., NW, Suite 800, Washington. RSVP to Teri Grimwood by |
Oct. 26 | 2:00-5:00 p.m., Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State; Stephen Hadley, former National Security Adviser; Walter Slocombe, former Undersecretary of Defense; and Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution "The United States and Russia: The Prospects for Missile Defense Cooperation and Arms Control." Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
Oct 26-28 | Defense Secretary Leon Panetta meets with South Korean officials. Seoul, South Korea. Resumption of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
Oct. 27 | 4:00-5:30 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, "From the Manhattan Project to the Cloud: Arms Control in the Information Age." Stanford University, Oak Lounge, Tresidder Memorial Union, Palo Alto, CA. |
Oct. 27 | Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas meets with President Obama. Washington. Discussion of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review, to be adopted at the NATO summit in Chicago, May 20-21, is on the agenda. |
Oct. 28 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. William Chambers, Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force, "Nuclear Deterrence Requirements: Stability, Sustainability and Security." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Oct. 27, to Elma Rhue by |
Oct. 28 | 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future,public meeting on its draft report. Radisson Plaza Hotel, 35 S. Seventh St., Minneapolis. Register online. |
Oct. 30 | National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. |
Oct. 31 | Noon, Paul Pillar, Georgetown University; Joshua Rovner, U.S. Naval War College; and Mark Lowenthal, former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence, "The Relationship between Intelligence and Policy." Cato Institute, Undercroft Auditorium, 900 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by noon, Oct. 28online, by |
Oct. 31 | Due date for comments on Energy Department's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future draft report. Comments can be submitted online. |
Oct. 31 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory director George Miller retires. Livermore, CA. |
Oct. or Nov. | Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hold a second round of talkswith China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States to discuss establishment of a Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty. United Nations. |
Nov. 2 | Time TBA, House Foreign Affairs Committee, markup on Iran sanctions legislation (estimate). 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
Nov. 3-4 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cannes, France. |
Nov. 3-6 | Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day (Nov. 3) and annual meeting(Nov. 3-6). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. Registration online. |
Nov. 4 | Noon-2:00 p.m., Frank von Hippel, Princeton University, "Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation: A Fissile Material Perspective." Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, VCDNP Seminar Room, Andromeda Tower, 13th Floor, Vienna. RSVP by |
Nov. 5-13 | House of Representatives Veterans Day recess. |
Nov. 7 | Yukiya Amano, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, submits a report on Iran's nuclear program to the IAEA Board of Governors for consideration at its Nov. 21-22 meeting (estimate). Vienna. |
Nov. 7-8 | U.N.-South Korea Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju, South Korea. |
Nov. 8 | U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi and numerous mayoral races. |
Nov. 9 | 8:00-10:00 p.m. EST, Republican presidential debate on economic policy. Oakland University, Rochester, MI. Broadcast on CNBC. |
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. 12-Feb. 6 | 90th anniversary of the Washington Conference, also known as the Washington Naval Conference. Memorial Continental Hall, 17th and D Sts., NW, Washington. It was the first disarmament conference in history. |
Nov. 14 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Alan Hanson, Stanford University, "Nuclear Fuel Banks: Are They a Reality." Stanford University, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA. |
Nov. 14 | Due date for comments on the scope of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. Comments can be submitted by |
Week of Nov. 14 | House and Senate floor action on a second Continuing Resolution for appropriation bills for fiscal year 2012 (estimates). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPANand C-SPAN2. |
Week of Nov. 14 or 21 | Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, mark up of legislation, due by Nov. 23. Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. Probably broadcast on CNN, and broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 or C-SPAN3. Video webcast on the committee website. |
Nov. 15 | 8:00 p.m. EST, Republican presidential debate on foreign policy and national security. Washington. Broadcast on CNN. |
Nov. 16 | 4:00-5:30 p.m., William Burr, National Security Archive, and Raymond Garthoff, former member of the SALT negotiating team, "Foreign Relations of the United States Series: SALT I, 1969-1972." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast availableonline. |
Nov. 17 | 3:30-5:00 p.m., Toshihiro Higuchi, Stanford University, "Radioactive Fallout and the Politics of Risk, 1945-1963." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
Nov. 17-18 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
Nov. 18 | First Continuing Resolution for appropriation bills for fiscal year 2012 expires. |
Nov. 19 | President Obama attends an East Asia Summit. Bali, Indonesia. President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao may meet on the sidelines of the summit. |
Nov. 19 | 15th anniversary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. Vienna. |
Nov. 19-28 | House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. |
Nov. 21-22 | International Atomic Energy Agency, "Forum on Experience of Possible Relevance to the Creation of a Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone in the Middle East." Vienna. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
Nov. 23 | Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal departments for fiscal year 2013, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 6. |
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. 29-Dec. 1 | Arab Institute for Security Studies (ACIS), "Laying the Grounds for 2012--Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security." Amman, Jordan. For information, contact ACIS by |
Nov. | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Mark Lippert to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
Nov. | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the nomination of Mike McFaul to be ambassador to Russia (estimate). Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website depending on room location. |
Nov. | Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1253, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Nov. | Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 2354, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Nov. or Dec. | House of Representatives floor action on the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2012, H.R. 2583 (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
Nov. or Dec. | House of Representatives floor action on Iran sanctions legislation (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
Nov. or Dec. | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Improving Metrics for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. |
Nov. or Dec. | North Korea resumes six-party talks on its nuclear program with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and United States. Beijing. |
Dec. 1 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Location City, AZ. Broadcast on CNN. |
Dec. 1-3 | 8:00 p.m., Stanford University, performance of Michael Frayn's play, Copenhagen. Pigott Theater, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. |
Dec. 2 | Due date on comments on the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Comments can be made online. |
Dec. 4 | Russian Duma elections. |
Dec. 5-22 | Biological Weapons Convention review conference. Geneva |
Dec. 10 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Des Moines, IA. Broadcast on ABC. |
Dec. 12 | 20th anniversary of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Public Law 102-228, Title II). |
Week of Dec. 12 | 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) (tentative). |
Week of Dec. 12 or 19 | House and Senate floor action debate on legislation from the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, with House and Senate floor votes due by Dec. 23. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2. |
Dec. 13 | 10th anniversary of President George W. Bush's announcement of U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. |
Dec. 19 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Johnston, IA. Broadcast on PBS and video webcast on YouTube. |
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. |
Dec. 27 | 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST, Republican presidential debate (tentative). Sioux City, IA. Broadcast on Fox News. |
Early Dec. | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a G-8 foreign ministers meeting. Kuwait City. |
Dec. | Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with Czech President Vaclav Klaus. Prague. Missile defense is on the agenda. |
Dec. | India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile (tentative). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
Dec. or Jan. | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (estimate). |
TBA | Russian Navy conducts three additional test launches of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile. |
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. 3 | Iowa presidential caucuses. |
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. 7 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC. |
Jan. 8 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Concord, NH. Broadcast on NBC and video webcast on Facebook. |
Jan. 10 | New Hampshire presidential primary. |
Jan. 16 | 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST, Republican presidential debate. Myrtle Beach, SC. Broadcast on Fox News. |
Jan. 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
Week of Jan. 16 | National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended byPublic Law 111-84, Sec. 239) (tentative). |
Jan. 19 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Charleston, SC. Broadcast on CNN. |
Jan. 21 | South Carolina Republican presidential primary. |
Jan. 23 | Conference on Disarmament first part for 2012 begins. Through March 30. Geneva. |
Jan. 29 | Energy Department's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Futuresubmits its final report to the Energy Department. |
Jan. 29 | 10th anniversary of President George W. Bush's "axis of evil" speech. |
Jan. 30 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Tampa, FL. Broadcast on NBC. |
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 | Florida presidential primary. |
Jan. 31 | Oregon special election to replace former Rep. David Wu (OR-1). |
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)). |
Jan. | Missile Defense Agency tests the Airborne Laser. Edwards Air Force Base, CA, and San Nicolas Island, CA. |
Jan. or Feb. | Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping meets with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden (estimate). Washington. |
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. 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. 4 | Maine Republican presidential and Nevada presidential caucuses. |
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. Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website. |
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). |
Feb. 7 | Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses and Missouri presidential primary. |
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. 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 | Arizona presidential, Michigan presidential and South Carolina Democratic presidential primaries. |
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 3 | Washington Republican presidential caucuses. |
March 4 | Russian presidential election. |
March 4-6 | American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
March 5 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast on NBC and video webcast on POLITICO. |
March 5 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
March 6 | "Super Tuesday," with presidential caucuses and primaries in Alaska (Republican), Colorado (Democratic), Georgia, Idaho (Republican), Massachusetts, Minnesota (Democratic), North Dakota (Republican), Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming (Republican). Note:Presidential caucuses and primaries after Super Tuesday are not listed. |
March 11 | First anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. Fukushima, Japan. |
March 17-20 | Friends Committee on National Legislation, spring lobby weekend. Washington. For information, contact Matt Southworth by |
March 19 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Portland, OR. Broadcast on PBS. |
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 24-27 | J Street national conference. Washington. |
March 26-27 | President Obama attends the Second Nuclear Security Summit. Seoul, South Korea. |
March 26-28 | 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 29 | Iranian parliamentary elections. |
March 30 | Conference on Disarmament first part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
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 | Center for Energy and Security Studies, "Moscow Nonproliferation Conference." 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 22 | French presidential election (first round). |
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. |
April 30-May 11 | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Vienna. |
April | South Korean National Assembly elections. |
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 6 | French presidential election (second round if needed). |
May 11 | 14th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India. |
May 14 | Conference on Disarmament second part for 2012 begins. Through June 29. Geneva. |
May 15-19 | President Obama hosts a G-8 summit. Chicago. |
May 18-19 | American Friends Service Committee and other organizations, NATO Counter-summit Conference. Chicago. |
May 20-21 | President Obama hosts a NATO summit. Chicago. Adoption of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the NATO summit agenda. |
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 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. |
June 4 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
June 10 | French National Assembly elections (first round). |
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 17 | French National Assembly elections (second round). |
June 28 | 25th anniversary of a chemical weapons attack on civilians in Sardasht, Iran by Iraq. |
June 29 | Conference on Disarmament second part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 6 | 50th anniversary of "Storax Sedan," an underground nuclear test conducted at the Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more U.S. residents than any other nuclear test and the Sedan Crater is the largest artificial crater in the United States. |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July 20 | Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 18. |
July 30 | Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 begins. Through Sept. 14. Geneva. |
July | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
Aug. 6 | Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
Aug. 9 | Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
Aug. 15-27 | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Space and Missile Defense Conference. Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL. |
Aug. 27-30 | Republican National Convention. Tampa, FL. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
Aug. | University of London, Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone Conference. London. |
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. 1 | Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a biennial report on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2371). |
Sept. 3 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 3-6 | Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC. |
Sept. 10 | Federal departments submit their initial budget requests to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2014 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 4. |
Sept. 10 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. 11 | Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
Sept. 14 | Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
Sept. 16 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 18. |
Sept. 17-21 | International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna. |
Sept. 21 | International Day of Peace. |
Sept. 22 | 15th anniversary of the submission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to the Senate. Although the treaty was defeated in 1999, it remains on the Senate calendar. |
Sept. 23 | 20th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear test, "Operation Julin Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Sept. 24 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. 25 | ~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. 25 | Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 26. |
Oct. 1 | 20th anniversary of the ratification of START I by the Senate on a vote of 93-6. |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 2 | 20th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium (Public Law 102-377, Sec. 507). |
Oct. 8 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Oct. 12 | 5:00 a.m. EDT (11 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
Oct. 15-28 | 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
Oct. 24 | United Nations Day. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a fourth record of decision on theSite-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. |
TBA | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Helsinki. |
TBA | Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative, composed of Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, meeting of foreign ministers. City TBA, Turkey. |
TBA | Non-aligned Movement summit. Tehran, Iran. |
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