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Nuclear Calendar -- May 25, 2011
| May 20-Aug. 28 | International Center of Photography, "Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945." 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd St., New York. |
| May 23-25 | Non-Aligned Movement foreign ministers meeting. Bali, Indonesia. |
| May 23-28 | President Obama visits Ireland (May 23), United Kingdom (May 24-26), France (May 26-27), and Poland (May 27-28). Missile defense cooperation will be on the agenda in Poland and perhaps in other countries. |
| May 24-26 | House of Representatives floor action on the defense authorization bill, H.R. 1540, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
| May 25 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Bruce Klingner, Heritage Foundation, "North Korean Denuclearization," and Christopher Ford, Hudson Center, "Verification of Nuclear Agreements, Proliferation, and Arms Control." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, May 24, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| May 26 | Kathy Hochul takes office as the Representative from New York District 26, having won a special election on May 24. |
| May 25 | 10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Missile Defense Agency budget, with Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 25 | 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Daisy Alliance, Priest Seminar on Nuclear Proliferation and Catholic Social Teaching, Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, Old Chancery, First Floor Conference Room, 680 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta. |
| May 25 | 5:00-9:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Santa Claran Hotel, 464 N. Riverside Dr., Española, NM. |
| May 25 | 6:30 p.m., Tad Daley, author of Apocalypse Never, "The Nuclear Age at Two Thirds of a Century." Sponsored by Mayors for Peace. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1500 Harvard St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 26 | 3:30-5:00 p.m., Omar Hurricane, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "The Future of the U.S. Nuclear Weapon Laboratories." Stanford University, Encina Hall Central, CISAC Conference Room, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA. |
| May 26 | 5:00-9:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Santa Fe Community College, Jemez Rooms, 6401 Richards Ave., Santa Fe, NM. |
| May 26 | President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the G-8 summit to discuss nuclear arms reductions and missile defense cooperation. Deauville, France. |
| May 26-27 | President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Deauville, France. Extension of theGlobal Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction is on the agenda. |
| May 27 | 7:30-9:00 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. Part of the Uranium Film Festival. CINEMAISON, Avenue Presidente Antonio Carlos, 58 Centro, Centro Cultural Municipal Parque das Ruinas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| May 27-30 | House of Representatives Memorial Day recess. |
| May 28-June 5 | Senate Memorial Day recess. |
| May 30 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
| May 31 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Col. Robert Jones, U.S. Strategic Command, "Building WMD Elimination Capabilities." National Defense University, Fort McNair, 300 Fifth Ave., SW, Lincoln Hall, Room 1105, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 1 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., James Miller, Principal Deputy Defense Undersecretary for Policy, "Nukes, Missile Defense, and U.S. Security." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, May 31, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 1 | Time TBA, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 1 | Los Alamos National Laboratory director Mike Anastasio retires. Los Alamos, NM. |
| June 1 | 15th anniversary of Ukraine's removal of the last former Soviet strategic nuclear warheads to Russia. |
| June 2 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Terry Benedict, Director, Strategic Systems Program, U.S. Navy, "The Trident and its Contribution to Deterrence." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 1, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 2 | Time TBA, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| June 3 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Larry Welch (retired), former Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, "Sustaining the Nuclear Deterrent." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 2, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 3 | Time TBA, Nicholas Redman, Adelphi Books editor, book launch of No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security. International Institute for Strategic Studies. Peony Room, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. RSVP to Michelle Chin by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 4-12 | House of Representatives recess. |
| June 6-10 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| June 7 | German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with President Obama. Washington.Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
| June 7 | 30th anniversary of Israel's destruction of Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor. |
| June 8 | 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Philipp Bleek, Monterey Institute; Sebnem Udum, Hacettepe University, Turkey; and other speakers, "Nuclear Proliferation and Revisiting Turkish and U.S. Threat Perceptions Regarding Iran's Nuclear Program." Sponsored by the Hollings Center. At the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. RSVP to Sebnem Udum by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 8-9 | Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium. Discussion of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the agenda. |
| June 8-10 | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Monitoring Science and Technology" international scientific conference. Vienna, Austria. |
| June 9 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Malcolm O'Neill, Assistant Army Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, "Missile Defense Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 8, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 9 | Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a NATO-Russia Council defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium. A missile defense cooperation agreement may be adopted. |
| June 10 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., John Harvey, Principal Deputy to the Assistant to the Defense Secretary for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, "Moving Ahead on America's Nuclear Security." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 9, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 13 | 8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT, Republican presidential debate. Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH. Broadcast and video webcast on CNN. |
| Week of June 13 | Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear nonproliferation program of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| Week of June 13 | Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear weapons program of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| Week of June 13 | Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill,S. 981, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| June 14 | Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| June 15 | Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| June 15 | 10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Between June 15 and 17 | Russian Navy test launches a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine (tentative). White Sea, Russia. Webcast on theRussian Defense Ministry website. |
| June 17-19 | Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, "Space Organizing Conference." Merrimack College, North Andover, MA. |
| June 20 | U.S. Conference of Mayors adopts a resolution in support of nuclear disarmament at its annual meeting. Baltimore Hilton Hotel, Baltimore. |
| Week of June 20 | House of Representatives floor action on the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Week of June 20 | House of Representatives floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
| June 21 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense, and Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 20, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 21 | 6:30-9:30 p.m., Countdown to Zero UK, Demand Zero Day, nationwide premiere ofCountdown to Zero. United Kingdom and Ireland. Screenings listed online. |
| June 22 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, Commander, Global Strike Command, U.S. Air Force, "Global Strike Command, Deterrence, and U.S. Strategic Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 21, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 24 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, former staff, Israeli Defense Ministry, "Missile Defense and Missile Threats: Middle East Developments." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 23, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 25 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Abolition Day. |
| June 25-July 5 | House of Representatives Independence Day recess. |
| June 28 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Steve Henry, Assistant to the Defense Secretary for Nuclear Matters, "Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, June 27, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 28 | Due date for comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration's draftSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Comments can be submitted to the Los Alamos Site Office by email atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 29 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., UK Project on Nuclear Issues (UK PONI) "The Last and Next 60 Years of the UK's Nuclear Deterrent," Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Whitehall, London. |
| June 29-30 | China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States hold a second nuclear powers conference to discuss nuclear weapons verification and transparency cooperation. Paris. |
| June 29-30 | Partnership for Global Security, Biosecurity Conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
| June 30 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. James Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Strategic U.S. Policy." Off the record. Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, May 25, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| June 30 | Defense Secretary Robert Gates retires. |
| June | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing(s) on the nomination of Leon Panetta to be Defense Secretary. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. May be broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2 or C-SPAN3. |
| June | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Madelyn Creedon to be Assistant Defense Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| June | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Thomas Countryman to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June | Obama administration completes a plan to reorganize trade and export agencies. |
| June | 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. |
| June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a notice of intent to do a Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. |
| June or July | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (estimate). |
| Summer | National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and to Congress on boost-phase missile defense (estimate) (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended by Public Law 111-84, Sec. 239). |
| Summer or Fall | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing(s) on the protocols to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty Doc. No. 112-2) and the protocols to the African Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty Doc. No. 112-3). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee websiteand audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 1 | Leon Panetta takes office as Defense Secretary (estimate). |
| July 1 | Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 ends. Geneva. |
| July 2-10 | Senate Independence Day recess. |
| July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
| July 6 | Defense Department submits to Congress a report on the phased, adaptive approach to missile defense in Europe (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 227) and an independent review and assessment of the ground-based mid-course defense system (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 228). |
| July 7-8 | 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) summer conference, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
| July 8 | 15th anniversary of an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| July 9 | Iran's Bushehr nuclear power is connected to the national electrical grid (tentative; has been delayed many times before). |
| July 12 | California special election runoff to replace former Rep. Jane Harman (CA-36). |
| July 13 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Stewart O'Bryan, Commander, Navy Air and Missile Defense Command, "Integrated Navy Air and Missile Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, July 12, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| July 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), "Senate Outlook on Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, July 13, to Elma Rhue byThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
| July 16-24 | House of Representatives recess. |
| July 27 | Time TBA, House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, markup of the State, foreign operations bill. HT-2 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| July 27-29 | U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues. Matsumoto, Japan. |
| July 29 | Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future submits an interim report to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. |
| July 31 | 20th anniversary of the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) by President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, reducing the U.S. and Soviet Union from over 10,00 deployed strategic warheads each to 6,000 each. Moscow. |
| July 31 | Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 30. |
| July | Senate Intelligence Committee, hearing(s) on the nomination of Gen. David Petraeus to Central Intelligence Agency director (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building Washington. Audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. May be broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2 or C-SPAN3. |
| July | Vice President Joe Biden visits China. |
| July | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
| July-Sept. | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| July-Sept. | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| July-Sept. | Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 981, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Aug. 2 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 begins. Through Sept. 16. Geneva. |
| Aug. 2 | U.S. debt-default due date. |
| Aug. 3 | Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the State, foreign operations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| Aug. 3-4 | U.S. Strategic Command, "Deterrence Symposium." Omaha, NE. |
| Aug. 4 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Global Nuclear Zero: Prospects." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Aug. 3, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| Aug. 6 | Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 6-Sept. 5 | House and Senate summer recess. (House recess is through Sept. 6.) |
| Aug. 9 | Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 11 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Broadcast on Fox News. |
| Aug. 13 | Ames Straw Poll of Republican presidential candidates. Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. |
| Aug. 18 | Nuclear Free Future, "Walk Away from Uranium Mining," a 10-week walk through Western Australia to oppose uranium mining. Through Oct. 30. |
| Aug. 29 | 20th anniversary of the closure of Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan, the main Soviet nuclear test site. |
| Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
| Aug. | Missile Defense Agency tests the Airborne Laser (possible; has been delayed several times). Edwards Air Force Base, CA, and San Nicolas Island, CA. |
| Aug. 31 | Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. |
| Sept. 1 | David Petraeus takes office as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (estimate). |
| 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. 5 | Labor Day (holiday). |
| Sept. 7, 8, or 9 | House of Representatives floor action on the State, foreign operations bill (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Sept. 11 | 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
| Sept. 12 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Tampa, FL. Broadcast and video webcast on CNN. |
| Sept. 12-16 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Sept. 13 | Nevada special election to replace former Rep., and now Sen., Dean Heller (NV-2). |
| Sept. 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., John Foster, member, Strategic Posture Commission, "Maintaining and Modernizing the Nuclear Enterprise." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 13, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| Sept. 14 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast on CNBC and MSNBC, and webcast on POLITICO. |
| Sept. 16 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Peppi DeBiaso, Director, Office of Missile Defense Policy, Defense Department, "Missile Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 15, to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| Sept. 16 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 ends. Geneva. |
| Sept. 18-20 | Women's Action for New Directions and Women Legislators' Lobby conference and lobby day. Washington. |
| Sept. 19-23 | International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna, Austria. |
| Week of Sept. 19 | Nonproliferation and Disarmament Initiative, composed of Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates, meeting of foreign ministers (estimate). United Nations. |
| Sept. 20 | ~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations (estimate). Broadcast on CNN, video webcast on the U.N. website, and may be video webcast on the White House website. |
| 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| Sept. 22 | U.N. summit on Nuclear Safety and Security. United Nations. |
| Sept. 23 | United Nations conference for promoting the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). United Nations. |
| Sept. 23 | 19th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear weapon test, "Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
| 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. |
| 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 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 30. |
| Sept. | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, markup of the State, foreign operations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| Sept. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC. |
| Sept. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
| Sept. | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Improving Metrics for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (estimate). |
| Fall | Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Washington. |
| 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). |
| Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 3-Nov. 1 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
| Oct. 7 | Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Oct. 8. |
| Oct. 7-10 | House and Senate Yom Kippur-Columbus Day recess. |
| Oct. 9 | Fifth anniversary of North Korea's first nuclear test, near Kilchu, North Korea. |
| Oct. 10 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
| Oct. 11 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate, focusing on economic issues. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Broadcast 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. 14 | 5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
| Oct. 15-23 | House of Representatives recess. |
| Oct. 18 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV. Broadcast on CNN. |
| 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 | United Nations Day. |
| 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. | Republican presidential debate. Orlando, FL. Broadcast on Fox News. |
| Oct. | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory director George Miller retires. Livermore, CA. |
| Oct. | Arab Institute for Security Studies, "Laying the Grounds for 2012--Opportunities for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security." Location TBA. |
| Nov. 3-4 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cannes, France. |
| Nov. 3-6 | Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day and annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 5-13 | House of Representatives Veterans Day recess. (Senate Veterans Day recess has not been scheduled yet.) |
| Nov. 7 | Eid Al-Adha. |
| Nov. 8 | U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi and numerous mayoral races. |
| Nov. 8 | Kansas City, MO, ballot initiative to prohibit nuclear weapons parts production at the new National Nuclear Security Administration plant in Kansas City (possible). |
| 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. 17-18 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Nov. 19 | 15th anniversary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. Vienna, Austria. |
| Nov. 19-28 | House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. (Senate Thanksgiving recess has not been scheduled yet.) |
| 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. | U.N.-South Korea Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju, South Korea. |
| Dec. 4 | Russian Duma elections. |
| Dec. 5-22 | Biological Weapons Convention review conference. Geneva |
| Dec. 8 | Congress adjourns (tentative). |
| Dec. 10 or 11 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. City TBA, IA. Broadcast on ABC News. |
| Dec. 12 | 20th anniversary of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Public Law 102-228, Title II). |
| 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. or Jan. | NATO and Russia conduct a joint theater anti-missile defense exercise. Location(s) TBA, Europe. |
| TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN. |
| TBA | Iran resumes talks on its nuclear program, with the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States), lead by Saeed Jalili, Iran's nuclear negotiator, and Catherine Ashton, European Union's foreign policy chief. Istanbul, Turkey. |
| TBA | North Korea resumes six-party talks on its nuclear program with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and United States. Beijing. |
| TBA | Indonesian parliament ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Jakarta, Indonesia. (Indonesia is one of nine remaining countries that must ratify the treaty for it to enter into force.) |
| 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. Iowa Public Television, Johnston, IA. Broadcast on PBS. |
| Jan. 16 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2012 begins. Through March 23 (estimate). Geneva. |
| Jan. 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
| Jan. 16 or Feb. 6 | Iowa presidential caucuses (estimate). |
| Jan. 24 | New Hampshire presidential primary (estimate). |
| Jan. 28 | Nevada presidential caucuses and South Carolina presidential primary (estimates). |
| Jan. 29 | Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future submits its final report to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. |
| 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 | Florida presidential primary (estimate). |
| 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. House Chamber, Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks, and video webcast on the White House website. |
| Jan.-March | Missile Defense Agency conducts a Ground-Based Interceptor test for the missile defense system. Reagan Test Site, Marshall Islands, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (tentative). |
| 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. Forrestal Building, 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 | "Super Tuesday," with presidential caucuses and primaries in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, and Tennessee (estimates). Note: Presidential caucuses and primaries after Super Tuesday are not listed. |
| Between Feb. 7-13 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC. |
| 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). |
| Between Feb. 19-27 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. City TBA, SC. Broadcast on Fox News. |
| 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. |
| 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 5 | Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. |
| March 5 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| March 11 | First anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. Fukushima, Japan. |
| 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 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2012 ends (estimate). Geneva. |
| 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 26-27 | President Obama attends the Second Nuclear Security Summit. Seoul, South Korea. |
| 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 | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC. |
| March | Russian presidential election. |
| March | India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile (tentative). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
| March | Center for Energy and Security Studies, Moscow Nonproliferation Conference (estimate). 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 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 | President Obama hosts a NATO summit (estimate). Washington, Chicago, or another city TBA, United States. Adoption of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the agenda. |
| April | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on theSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium dispositionat the Savannah River Site, SC. |
| 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 | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 review conference. Vienna, Austria. |
| May 11 | 14th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India. |
| 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 | French presidential election. |
| June 4 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| 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 | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
| June | French National Assembly elections. |
| June or July | President Obama hosts a G-8 summit. City TBA, United States. |
| TBA | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible; may be delayed until 2013). Location TBA. |
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CreatedWednesday, May 25 2011
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Last modifiedWednesday, November 06 2013
