Nuclear Calendar -- October 5, 2010 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 5, 2010 -- Friends Committee on National Legislation

Sept. 30-Nov. 14	House and Senate recess for the elections.
Oct. 2-9	Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, "Keep Space for Peace Week," with events in over 50 cities.
Week of Oct. 4	Russian Navy test launches a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the submarine Dmitri Donskoy (possible; the test has been delayed several times). White Sea, Russia.
Week of Oct. 4	Continued showing of the film Countdown to Zero in Nevada City, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Fort Collins, CO; Stamford, CT; Columbia, MO; Greensboro, NC; Columbus, OH; Greenville, SC; and Manchester, VT. Tickets available online.
Oct. 4-Nov. 2	U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations.
Oct. 5	1:15-2:45 p.m., U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research, "Combating Illicit Brokering of WMD-related Materials: Building Effective Response." United Nations, Conference Room 1.
Oct. 6	8:30-10:30 a.m., Rep. Jane Harman (CA), "Hiding in Plain Sight: The Threat from Loose Radiological Materials." New America Foundation, 1899 L St., NW, Suite 400, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 6	9:00-11:00 a.m., Col. Jeff Farnsworth, Space Policy Implementation, Defense Department, and Peter Marquez, former Director, Space Policy, National Security Council, "National Security Space: Policy and Program Developments: Washington Roundtable on Science and Public Policy." Sponsored by the Marshall Institute. TechAmerica, 601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, North Building, Suite 600, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at (571) 970-3180.
Oct. 6	6:30-9:00 p.m., screening of Countdown to Zero. Sponsored by Daisy Alliance and Morehouse College Political Science Department. Morehouse College, Dansby Hall Auditorium, Room 201, 830 Westview Dr., SW, Atlanta.
Oct. 6	7:00 p.m., David Wylie, book discussion of City, Save Thyself! Nuclear Terror and the Urban Ballot. Bolton Public Library, 738 Main St., Bolton, MA.
Oct. 7	12:30-2:00 p.m., Man-Sung Yim, North Carolina State University, "Predicting Proliferation: Can Quantitative Models Provide Warning?" George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 505, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 7	4:00-6:00 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute; Samuel Lewis, former ambassador to Israel; and Bruce Riedel, National Security Council, "The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website.
Oct. 8	5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 8	Noon-1:30 p.m., Man-Sung Yim, North Carolina State University, "Predicting Proliferation: Can Quantitative Models Provide Warning?" Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 122 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 9	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, "International Conference. No to Nuclear Weapons and War: The Global Challenge for the 21st Century." Mary Ward House, 5-7 Tavistock Place, London.
Oct. 10	4:30 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. Cape Ann Community Cinema, 21 Main St., Second Floor, Gloucester, MA.
Oct. 10	5:00-7:00 p.m., Tad Daley, author of Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World, "The Nuclear New START: Feckless, Timid, Archaic -- And Essential for American National Security." Yahoo Community Center, 2500 Broadway St., Santa Monica, CA. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Oct. 11	Noon-1:30 p.m., Tad Daley, author of Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World, "The Nuclear New START: Feckless, Timid, Archaic -- And Essential for American National Security." Sponsored by the University of Southern California Center for International Studies and the Office of Religious Life. University of Southern California, Social Sciences Building, Room B40, Los Angeles. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Oct. 11	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 11-12	24th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit between President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on nuclear arms reductions. Reykjavik, Iceland.
Oct. 13	1:15-2:45 p.m., Governments of New Zealand and Switzerland, "Operational Readiness of Nuclear Weapons Systems." United Nations, Conference Room 4.
Oct. 13	6:30-8:00 p.m., Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, "Pakistan and India Under the Nuclear Shadow." George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, 1957 E St., NW, Room 602, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 13	7:00 p.m., screening of Fair Game, Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ.
Oct. 13	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Norfolk, VA. Tickets availableonline.
Oct. 13-14	South Korea hosts a Proliferation Security Initiative exercise off Busan, South Korea.
Oct. 14	1:15-2:45 p.m., "Space Security: Next Steps in TCBMs [Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures]." Sponsored by the Secure World Foundation and the U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research. United Nations, Conference Room 4.
Oct. 14	7:00 p.m., screening of Fair Game, Patriot Cinemas Nickelodeon, 1 Temple St., Portland, ME.
Oct. 14	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates attendNATO foreign affairs and defense ministerial meetings. Brussels, Belgium. The Lisbon Summit (Nov. 19-20) is on the agenda.
Oct. 15	12:30-2:00 p.m., Col. Khalid Mohyuddin, "Implications of Indian Missile Defense for South Asian Stability." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Oct. 15	1.15-2.30 p.m., NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security, "The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons." United Nations, Conference Room 4.
Oct. 17	3:00-5:00 p.m., Tad Daley, author of Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World, "The Nuclear New START: Feckless, Timid, Archaic -- And Essential for American National Security." Sponsored by Peace Action West. Barnes and Noble, 10850 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Oct. 18	6:00-7:30 p.m., Laura Holgate, National Security Staff, White House, and Eric Loewen, GE-Hitachi, "Reducing the Risks of Nuclear Terrorism." Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Chemical Society, and Georgetown University. At AAAS, Auditorium, 1200 New York Ave., Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 18	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Portsmouth, NH. Tickets available online.
Oct. 19	4:00-7:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, meeting on asupplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory. White Rock Town Hall, 139 Longview Dr., White Rock, NM.
Oct. 19-21	Arab Institute for Security Studies, "Beyond the 2010 Review Conference: Prospects for Nuclear Non-Proliferation." Cairo, Egypt.
Oct. 20	4:00-7:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, meeting on asupplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cities of Gold Casino Hotel, Pojoaque, NM.
Oct. 20	British government releases its Strategic Defense and Security Review.
Oct. 21	3:30-5:00 p.m., Gerry Warburg, Cassidy and Associates, "Nonproliferation Policy Crossroads: The Strange Case of U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation." Stanford University, Hills Conference Room, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Stanford, CA.
Oct. 21	6:00-7:30 p.m., Christopher Bright, book discussion of Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era: Nuclear Antiaircraft and the Cold War. George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 505, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 24	3:30-6:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb. Garcia Street Books, Inn and Spa at Loretto, 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM.
Oct. 24	United Nations Day.
Oct. 25	1:15-2:45 p.m., John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, "Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and the Global Security Institute. United Nations, Room TBA.
Oct. 25-26	Time TBA, Joseph Cirincione and Naila Bolus, Ploughshares Fund, "Nuclear Policy and Politics and the Role of Experts, Non-governmental Organizations, and Philanthropies in the Policy Struggle." Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Oct. 26	Noon-1:30 p.m., Graham Allison, Harvard University, "Nuclear Terrorism: Iran, Pakistan, North Korea, and the Fragility of the Global Nuclear Order," MIT, E40 496, Lucien Pye Conference Room, Cambridge, MA.
Oct. 26	12:30-2:00 a.m., Bruce Bennett, RAND, "Preparing for the Possibility of a North Korean Collapse." National Defense University, Fort McNair, 260 Fifth Ave., SW, Building 64, Room 1107, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Oct. 27	Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) capstone conference. U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE. Registration due date is Oct. 18.
Oct. 29	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Mesilla, NM. Tickets availableonline.
Oct. 30	National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers (S.Res. 653).
Oct.	Missile Defense Agency tests the Airborne Laser. Edwards Air Force Base, CA, and Western Sea Range off the coast of California.
Oct.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN.
Oct.	State Department issues its Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
Oct. or Nov.	Nuclear Suppliers Group consultative group meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Oct. or Nov.	Iran resumes talks on its nuclear program, with China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States, lead by European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Geneva or Vienna, Austria (estimate).
Nov. 1	Time TBA, Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, "Nuclear Policy and Politics." Yale University, Hartford, CT.
Nov. 1-5	International Atomic Energy Agency, "Symposium on International Safeguards: Preparing for Future Verification Challenges." Vienna, Austria.
Nov. 2	U.S. Election Day.
Nov. 2	Nuclear Security Summit sherpas meeting. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Nov. 2-3	U.S. Strategic Command, "Conducting Military Space Operations--Advancing from Today to Tomorrow." Qwest Center, 455 N. 10th St., Omaha, NE.
Nov. 3	5:00-7:00 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb." University of Toronto, 27 King's College Circle, Toronto.
Nov. 4	7:30- 9:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb." Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony Rd., Toronto.
Nov. 4	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Jacksonville, FL. Tickets available online.
Nov. 7-10	President Obama visits India.
Nov. 8	7:30 p.m., screening of Fair Game, Bijou Theater, University of Iowa, 166-B Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA.
Nov. 10-11	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperationforeign ministers meeting. Yokohama, Japan.
Nov. 11	12:15-1:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, "The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb." University of Maryland, 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
Nov. 11	Veterans Day (federal holiday).
Nov. 11-12	President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Seoul, South Korea.
Nov. 11-15	Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting and lobby day. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington (Nov. 11-14), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (Nov. 15).
Nov. 12-14	World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, "The Legacy of Hiroshima: A World Without Nuclear Weapons." Hiroshima, Japan.
Nov. 12-16	NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session. Warsaw, Poland.
Nov. 13-14	President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Yokohama, Japan.
Nov. 15	House and Senate return for a lame-duck session of Congress. New senators from Delaware, Illinois, and West Virginia take office. (The temporary appointments of Sens. Ted Kaufman (DE), Roland Burris (IL), and Carte Goodwin (WV) expire on Nov. 2.)
Nov. 15	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Anchorage, AK. Tickets available online.
Nov. 15-?	Senate resumes floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 3454, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast, video webcast, and audio webcast on C-SPAN2.
Nov. 17	Eid Al-Adha.
Nov. 19-20	President Obama attends the NATO summit, which will adopt a new Strategic Concept. Lisbon, Portugal.
Nov. 20-28	House and Senate Thanksgiving recess (tentative).
Nov. 25	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov. 29-Dec. 3	Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands.
Week of Nov. 29	House and Senate floor action on a second continuing resolution or an omnibus appropriations bill, which includes the energy and water appropriations (estimate).
Nov. 29-?	House and Senate continue the lame-duck session of Congress (possible)
Nov.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN.
Nov.	U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, Annual Joint Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju Island, South Korea.
Nov. or Dec.	Senate floor action on the New START Treaty (possible). Broadcast, video webcast, and audio webcast on C-SPAN2.
Nov. or Dec.	Defense Department and the Director of National Intelligence submit a Space Posture Review to Congress (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 913) (estimate).
Nov. or Dec.	Director of National Intelligence completes a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program (estimate) (classified).
Dec. 1	President's Fiscal Commission issues its recommendations.
Dec. 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual, classified report to Congress on the current and projected (1) number of nuclear weapons of each type in the active and reserve stockpiles, (2) strategic rationale for each type, and (3) past and projected future total direct lifecycle cost of each type (House Report 110-921, p. 125).
Dec. 2	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a report by the National Academy of Sciences on the national security and extended deterrence value of the B61 nuclear bomb (House Report 111-278, p. 127).
Dec. 2-3	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Dec. 3	First continuing resolution for fiscal year 2011l, which includes the energy and water appropriations, expires.
Dec. 6-10	Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva.
Dec. 9-12	Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, "Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World." New Delhi.
Dec. 10	7:00 a.m. EST (1:00 p.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway.
Dec. 24	Christmas observed (federal holiday).
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
Dec. 31	New Year's Day observed (federal holiday).
Dec.	House and Senate floor action on the conference report for the defense authorization bill, H.R. 5136 and S. 3454, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible).
Dec.	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex (estimate).
Dec.	Russian Federal Assembly ratifies the New START Treaty (estimate). Moscow.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues additional record(s) of decision for the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
TBA	Six party talks resume on North Korea's nuclear program (possible). Beijing.
TBA	Cross-Regional Group on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament meets. Berlin. The group is lead by Japan and Australia and includes Canada, Chile, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Netherlands, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.
TBA	Indonesian parliament ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (estimate). Jakarta, Indonesia.
2011
Jan. 1	New Year's Day (holiday).
Jan. 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a report by theJASON Defense Advisory Group on the value of the planned B61-12 nuclear bomb (House Report 111-278, p. 127).
Jan. 1	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).
Jan. 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual report to Congress on the status of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563).
Jan. 4	Congress convenes (estimate).
Jan. 17	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).
Jan. 24	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 begins. Through April 1. Geneva.
Jan. 30	Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress 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 an annual report to Congress on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material, and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). The report is usually included as an appendix in the annual report due on Feb. 15 to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)).
Jan.	National Nuclear Security Administration, issues a draft environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site.
Late Jan. or early Feb.	President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. House Chamber, Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast, video webcast, and audio webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks, and video webcast on the White House website.
Jan.-March	Iran begins construction of a third uranium enrichment plant. Location unknown, Iran.
Feb. 1	Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress 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. 6	2:00 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First St., Los Angeles.
Feb. 7	10:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.
Feb. 7	~1:30 p.m. (estimate), 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. 15	President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty), and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)).
Feb. 15	Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation submits an annual report to Congress on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note).
Feb. 15	National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual report to Congress on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566).
Feb. 19-27	House and Senate Presidents Day recess (estimate).
Feb. 21	Presidents Day (federal holiday).
Feb. 26-March 1	J Street conference. Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St., NW, Washington.
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	National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and to Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended by Public Law 111-84, Sec. 239).
March 7-11	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
March 21-23	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 25-28	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA (March 25-27), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 28).
March 28-29	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington.
March 31	National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual report to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
March	India test launches its new Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile (tentative). Wheeler Island Missile Test Facility, Orissa, India.
March or April	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Location TBA, Washington.
April 1	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 ends. Geneva.
April 5	Second anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
April 9	National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran.
April 12	Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367 note).
April 15	President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty), (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(2)).
April 15	State Department submits an annual report to Congress on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a). Previous reports are posted on the State Department website.
April 16	25th anniversary of the establishment of the Missile Technology Control Regime.
April 18	Passover begins at sundown. Through April 26.
April 22	Good Friday.
April 24	Easter.
April	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
April	Iranian government sponsors a second annual international conference on disarmament and nonproliferation. Tehran, Iran. Portions webcast on Iranian Press TV.
May 1	Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress 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 2-6	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
May 16	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 begins. Through July 1. Geneva.
May 17-25	World Council of Churches, International Ecumenical Peace Convocation. Kingston, Jamaica.
May 22-24	American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
May 30	Memorial Day (holiday).
May or June	NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session. Location TBA.
May or June	Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Location TBA.
June 6-10	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
June 8-10	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, Monitoring Science and Technologyinternational scientific conference. Vienna, Austria.
June	President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Nice, France.
June	President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Location TBA, France.
June	Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism annual meeting (estimate). Location TBA.
July 1	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 ends. Geneva.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
Aug. 2	Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 begins. Through Sept. 16. Geneva.
Aug. 6	Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 9	Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
Aug. 31	Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan.
Aug.	Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva.
Sept. 1	President Obama submits an annual Global Nuclear Security report to Congress 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. 11	Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 12-16	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Sept. 16	Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 ends. Geneva.
Sept. 20	~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations (estimate). Broadcast on CNN, may be video webcast on the White House website, and video webcast on the U.N. website.
Sept. 26	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Sept. 28	Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 30.
Sept.	United Nations hosts a meeting for promoting the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations. May be video webcast on theUnited Nations website.
Fall	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site.
Fall	Mohamed ElBaradei, former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, releases his memoir, Crawling Away from Armageddon.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 7	Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Oct. 8.
Oct. 10	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
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. 24	United Nations Day.
TBA	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

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