Nuclear Calendar -- Sept. 19, 2011
Sept. 17-19 | International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons international conference. Geneva. |
Sept. 18-20 | Women's Action for New Directions and Women Legislators' Lobby conference and lobby day. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington. |
Sept. 19 | Noon, Eric Hagt, Center for Defense Information, "Space: China's Tactical Frontier." SAIS, Rome Building, Room 806, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Zhaojin Ji by |
Sept. 19 | 2:30-4:00 p.m., former Rep. Joe Sestak (PA); Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies (London); and Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association, "Iran's Nuclear Program: Status and Prospects," Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St., NW, Washington. RSVP to Ben Seel by |
Sept. 19 | 5:00-7:00 p.m., Charles Glaser, George Washington University; Jeffery Lewis, Monterey Institute; George Quester, George Washington University; and John Steinbruner, University of Maryland, "Honoring Morton Halperin and Thomas Schelling Upon the 50-Year Anniversary of Strategy and Arms Control." George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 19 | 6:00-7:30 p.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "21st-Century Nuclear Challenges: Policies, Priorities and the Public Role." University of Tennessee, Baker Center, Toyota Auditorium, 1640 Cumberland Ave., First Floor, Knoxville, TN. |
Sept. 19 | 7:00-8:30 p.m., United for Peace and Justice, screening of The Forgotten Bomb. St. Joseph Greenwich Village Parish House, Assembly Room, 371 Sixth Ave., New York. |
Sept. 19 | President Obama submits a deficit reduction plan to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Washington. |
Sept. 19-23 | International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna, Austria. |
Week of Sept. 19 or 26 | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a notice of intent to do a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
Sept. 20 | ~10:00 a.m. (estimate), President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, video webcast on the U.N. website and may be video webcast on the White House website. |
Sept. 20 | 9:30-11:00 a.m., José Goldemberg, University of Sao Paulo, "Nonproliferation in Latin America." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. |
Sept. 20 | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "The Challenges Ahead for the U.S. Military." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register online |
Sept. 20 | 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Ed Aguilar and Jocelyn Voorhees, Project for Nuclear Awareness, "Nuclear Weapons--Threats and Challenges to the Environment and Your Human Rights." Saint Joseph's University, Barbelin Hall, Room 265, 5600 City Ave., Philadelphia. |
Sept. 20 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Thomas Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, State Department, "UNSCR 1540: The Way Ahead with a Renewed 10-Year U.N. Committee Mandate." National Defense University, Fort McNair, Lincoln Hall, Room 1119, 260 Fifth Ave., SW, Washington. RSVP to Amanda Ducasse by |
Sept. 20 | 2:30-4:30 p.m., James Acton, Carnegie Endowment, book launch of Deterrence During Disarmament: Deep Nuclear Reductions. Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel St., Temple Place, London. RSVP to Charlotte Laycock by |
Sept. 20 | 3:00-4:00 p.m., Mairead Maguire, Nobel Laureate; Sidney Drell, Hoover Institution; Jonathan Granoff, Global Security Institute, and Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Two Futures Project, "At the Moral Core of Nuclear Weapons: An Interfaith Conference Call." To join the conference call, register online. |
Sept. 20 | 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd., North Las Vegas, NV. |
Sept. 20 | 7:30 p.m., screening of In My Lifetime: A Presentation of The Nuclear World Project. Part of London Peace Week. St. Andrew's Church, Herbert Rd. Wimbledon, United Kingdom. |
Sept. 20 | 50th anniversary of the signing of the McCloy-Zorin Accords by the United States and the Soviet Union, which was to be a road map for future negotiations and international treaties on disarmament. It unanimously passed the U.N. General Assembly on Dec. 20, 1961. |
Sept. 21 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Joseph DeTrani, Director, National Counterproliferation Center, "U.S. Proliferation Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 20, to Elma Rhue by |
Sept. 21 | 12:15-1:45 p.m., Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, former Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Energy Department, "A Conversation with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. RSVP online. |
Sept. 21 | 12:30-1:30 p.m., Thomas Schelling, Nobel Laureate, "Whatever Happened to Nuclear Terrorism?" University of Maryland, Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD. |
Sept. 21 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Scott Sagan and Caroline Munro, Stanford University, "The Spread of Nuclear Energy without the Spread of Nuclear Weapons?" University of Southern California, Center for International Studies, SOS B-40, Los Angeles. |
Sept. 21 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., William Hartung, New America Foundation, and Jacqueline Reich, Chestnut Hill College, "A World Free of Nuclear Threats and Small-Arms Menace." Sponsored by the U.N. Association of Greater Philadelphia. At Drexel University, Creese Student Center, 3210 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. |
Sept. 21 | 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Pahrump Nugget, 681 S. Highway 160, Pahrump, NV. |
Sept. 21 | 7:30 p.m., screening of In My Lifetime: A Presentation of The Nuclear World Project. Part of The Global Peace Film Festival. Rollins College, SunTrust Auditorium, 1000 Holt Ave., Winterpark, FL. Tickets available online. |
Sept. 21 | House floor action on a Continuing Resolution for appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013, which begins Oct. 1, H.J.Res. 79. The Continuing Resolution goes through Nov. 18. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
Sept. 21 | Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative, composed of Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, meeting of foreign ministers. United Nations. |
Sept. 21 | Wi Sung-lac, South Korean nuclear negotiator, and Ri Yong Ho, North Korean nuclear negotiator, meet to discuss restarting six-party nuclear talks (estimate). Beijing. |
Sept. 21 | International Day of Peace. |
Sept. 22 | 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convenes a High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Safety and Security. United Nations. Video webcast on theUnited Nations website. |
Sept. 22 | 3:00-4:00 p.m., Michael Krepon, Stimson Center; David Koplow, Georgetown University, and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "Securing the Benefits of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty." Stimson Center, 12th Floor, 1111 19th St., NW, Washington. RSVP to Nate Cohn by |
Sept. 22 | 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Courtyard by Marriott, 185 S. 1470 East, St. George, UT. |
Sept. 22 | 8:30 p.m., screening of In My Lifetime: A Presentation of The Nuclear World Project. Part of The Global Peace Film Festival. Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando, FL. Tickets available online. |
Sept. 22 | 9:00-11:00 p.m. EDT, Republican presidential debate. Orlando, FL. Broadcast onFox News. |
Sept. 22 | Senate floor action on a Continuing Resolution for appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013, which begins Oct. 1, H.J.Res. 79 (estimate). The Continuing Resolution goes through Nov. 18. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Sept. 23 | 10.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. and 3.00-6.00 p.m., U.N. Conference for Promoting the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). United Nations, Conference Room 4. Video webcast on the United Nations website. |
Sept. 23 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., Christine Curry, Ryan Potoff and Jocelyn Voorhees, Project for Nuclear Awareness, "Students Dissent for Peace: Stopping Nuclear Threats". Temple University, Anderson Hall, Room 821, 1114 W. Berks St., Philadelphia. |
Sept. 23 | 19th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear weapon test, "Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Sept. 24 | 2:00 p.m., memorial service for former Sen. Mark Hatfield (OR). State Capitol, Salem, OR. Hatfield was a leader of the nuclear freeze movement and the Senate champion of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium in 1992. |
Sept. 24 | 15th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations. |
Sept. 24-Oct. 2 | House and Senate Rosh Hashanah recess. |
Sept. 26 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
Sept. 26-30 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bruce MacDonald, U.S. Institute of Peace, and other speakers, "Non-Proliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Practice and Challenges." U.S. Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
Sept. 27 | 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Convention Center, 301 Brougher Ave., Tonopah, NV. |
Sept. 27 | 20th anniversary of President George H.W. Bush's Presidential Nuclear Initiative to reduce unilaterally U.S. nuclear weapons, including cancellation of the MX rail-garrison and short-range attack missile (SRAM II) programs and the withdrawal of all remaining Army ground-based tactical nuclear weapons and Navy tactical nuclear weapons worldwide. He also ended the 24-hour alert status of B-1B and B-52 bombers. |
Sept. 28 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Duyeon Kim, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, "2012 Nuclear Security Summit--The Korean Twist." Korea Economic Institute, 1800 K St., NW, Suite 1010, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 28 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Joep Wijnanad, Director for Security Affairs, Netherlands Foreign Affairs Ministry; Ola Dahlman, Jenifer Mackby, Svein Mykkeltveit, and Hein Haak, book launch of Detect and Deter: Can Countries Verify the Nuclear Test Ban?American Association for the Advancement of Science, Abselon/Haskins Room, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 28 | 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV. |
Sept. 28 | 6:00-7:15 p.m., Bruce Riedel, Brookings Institution, "Implications of a Nuclear Empowered Iran for the United States and the Region." George Washington University, Lidner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 28 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 30. |
Sept. 29 | 12:15-1:30 p.m., Toby Dalton, Carnegie Endowment, "The Evolution of Threat Reduction: From Cooperative to Coercive?" University of Maryland, 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD. |
Sept. or Oct. | Senate floor action on the nominations of Thomas Countryman to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation and Sung Kim to be ambassador to South Korea (estimates). |
Fall | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a review by the National Academy of Sciences of the national security laboratories (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3131). |
Fall | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. |
Fall | 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). |
Fall | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Improving Metrics for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 1 | Adm. Mike Mullen retires as Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Martin Dempsey takes office. |
Oct. 1-8 | Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, "Keep Space for Peace Week," with events in numerous cities. |
Oct. 3-Nov. 1 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
Oct. 4 | 5:00-7:00 p.m., American Friends Service Committee, opening reception for the art exhibit "With Hiroshima Eyes" by Junko Kayashige, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA. |
Oct. 6 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., House Intelligence Committee, hearing with Robert Mueller, Director, FBI, and Matt Olsen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center. HVC-210 Capitol Visitors Center, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
Oct. 6 | 6:00-8:30 p.m., Helen Caldicott, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, "The Medical Implications of the Nuclear Age." Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility and USF College of Public Health. At the University of South Florida, College of Public Health Auditorium, Tampa, FL. |
Oct. 7 | 5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced. Oslo, Norway. |
Oct. 7 | 9:30-11:00 a.m., David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, "Taking Stock of Iran's Nuclear Program: What Does it Mean, and What are the Implications?" George Washington University, Linder Family Commons, Sixth Floor, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Oct. 7 | Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Oct. 8. |
Oct. 7-10 | House and Senate Yom Kippur-Columbus Day recess. |
Oct. 8-10 | Global Zero Student Institute. Los Angeles. Applications due Sept. 1. Application form online. |
Oct. 9 | Fifth anniversary of North Korea's first nuclear test, near Kilchu, North Korea. |
Oct. 10 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Oct. 11 | Noon-2:00 p.m., former Canadian Sen. Douglas Roche, "An Insider's Perspective: How We Stopped Loving The Bomb." Sponsored by Abolition 2000. At the Bahai Center, First Floor Conference Room, 866 U.N. Plaza, New York. RSVP to Alice Slater by |
Oct. 11 | 6:00-8:00 p.m. EDT (estimate), Republican presidential debate, focusing on economic issues. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Broadcast and video webcast on Bloomberg TV. |
Oct. 11-12 | 25th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit between President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on nuclear arms reductions. Reykjavik, Iceland. |
Oct. 11-12 | Global Zero summit. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. |
Oct. 11-13 | International Forum for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World. Astana, Kazakhstan. |
Oct. 12 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Next Steps in U.S./Russia Arms Control: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Oct. 11, to Elma Rhue by |
Oct. 12 | 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future,public meeting on its draft report. Harvard Medical School Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston. Register online. |
Oct. 14 | Due date for House and Senate committees to make recommendations to the Joint Selection Committee on Deficit Reduction. |
Oct. 15-23 | House of Representatives recess. |
Oct. 18 | 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future,public meeting on its draft report. Marriot Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center, Atlanta. Register online. |
Oct. 18 | 9:00-11:00 p.m. EDT (6:00-8:00 p.m. PDT) (estimate), Republican presidential debate. Las Vegas, NV. Broadcast on CNN. |
Oct. 20 | 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future,public meeting on its draft report. Hilton Garden Inn, 815 14th St., NW, Washington. Register online. |
Oct. 21-22 | American Friends Service Committee and other organizations, "Peace in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Asia-Pacific Militarization." American University, Kay Spiritual Life Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
Oct. 22-30 | Senate recess. |
Oct. 24 | University of London, London Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. London. |
Oct. 24 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Dean Wilkening, Stanford University, "The Impact of European Missile Defense in Russia's Strategic Deterrence." Stanford University, Stanford CA. |
Oct. 24 | United Nations Day. |
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 | Due date on comments on the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Comments can be made online. |
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 | Due date for comments on Energy Department's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future draft report. Comments can be submitted online. |
Oct. | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Mike McFaul to be ambassador to Russia (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
Oct. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on theSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
Oct. | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory director George Miller retires. Livermore, CA. |
Oct. | 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. |
Oct. | Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction meeting of the Global Partnership Working Group. Paris. |
Oct. | Russian Navy conducts a test launch of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine. From the White Sea toward the Pacific Ocean near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. |
Oct. or Nov. | House of Representatives floor action on the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2012, H.R. 2583 (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
Oct. or 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. 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. 5-13 | House of Representatives Veterans Day recess. |
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. 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 and the first international conference held in the United States. |
Nov. 14 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Alan Hanson, visiting scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, "Nuclear Fuel Banks: Are They a Reality." Stanford University, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St.,Palo Alto, CA. |
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. 17-18 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
Nov. 18 | First Continuing Resolution for appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 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, Austria. |
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, Austria. |
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. or Dec. | Defense Department completes a strategic review on implementing the president's April proposal to reduce security spending by $400 billion over 12 years(estimate). |
Dec. 1-3 | 8:00 p.m., Stanford University, performance of Michael Frayn's play, Copenhagen. Pigott Theater, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. |
Dec. 4 | Russian Duma elections. |
Dec. 5-22 | Biological Weapons Convention review conference. Geneva |
Dec. 10 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. City TBA, IA. Broadcast on ABC. |
Dec. 12 | 20th anniversary of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Public Law 102-228, Title II). |
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. 20 | Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 28. |
Dec. 22 | First anniversary of the ratification of the New START Treaty by the Senate on a vote of 71 to 26. |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday) |
Dec. 26 | Christmas observed (federal holiday). |
Dec. 26 | 20th anniversary of the breakup of the Soviet Union. |
Early Dec. | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a G-8 foreign ministers meeting. Kuwait. |
Dec. | President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (estimate). Moscow. Further nuclear arms reductions and missile defense cooperation are on the agenda. |
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. | Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping meets with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden (estimate). Washington. |
TBA | North Korea resumes six-party talks on its nuclear program with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and United States. Beijing. |
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. 4 | Fifth anniversary of "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," by George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn in the Wall Street Journal. |
Jan. 12 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Des Moines, IA. Broadcast on PBSand video webcast on YouTube. |
Jan. 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
Jan. 19 | 6:00-8:00 p.m. EST (estimate), Republican presidential debate. Charleston, SC. Broadcast on CNN. |
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. Sioux City, IA. Broadcast on Fox News. |
Jan. 30 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367). |
Jan. 31 | 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)). |
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. 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 | Iowa presidential caucuses (tentative). |
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 | Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses, Missouri presidential primary and New Jersey presidential primary (tentative). |
Between Feb. 7-13 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC. |
Feb. 14 | New Hampshire presidential primary (tentative). |
Feb. 15 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note). |
Feb. 15 | Missile Defense Agency submits to Congress an annual report on acquisition baselines (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 225). |
Feb. 15 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566). |
Feb. 18 | Nevada presidential caucuses (tentative). |
Between Feb. 19-27 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. City TBA, SC. Broadcast on Fox News. |
Feb. 20 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 21 | Wisconsin presidential primary (tentative). |
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 primary, Michigan presidential primary and South Carolina Democratic presidential primary (tentative). |
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 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 | 8:00-10:00 p.m. EST (5:00-7:00 p.m. PST) (estimate), Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. |
March 5 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
March 6 | "Super Tuesday," with presidential caucuses and primaries in Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia (tentative). 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 19-21 | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Missile Defense Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (closed). |
March 23-26 | 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 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, Austria. |
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 15-22 | President Obama hosts a G-8 summit and a NATO summit. Chicago. Adoption of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the NATO summit agenda. |
May 18-19 | American Friends Service Committee and other organizations, NATO Counter-summit Conference. Chicago. |
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, Austria. |
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 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, Austria. |
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, Austria. |
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, Austria. |
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. |
TBA | Missile Defense Agency tests the Airborne Laser. Edwards Air Force Base, CA, and San Nicolas Island, CA. |
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 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. Location TBA. |
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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