Nuclear Calendar -- April 15, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- April 15, 2011

April 4-22	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
April 11-30	U.S. Navy tests an antimissile system from an Aegis ship in the south central Pacific Ocean against an intermediate-range ballistic missile target fired from theReagan Test Site, Marshall Islands.
April 13-15	Biological Weapons Convention preparatory meeting for the review conference (Dec. 5-22, 2011). Geneva.
April 14-15	House of Representatives floor action on the budget resolution for fiscal year 2012,H.Con.Res. 34. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN.
April 14 or 15	Senate floor action on Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, H.R. 1473. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2.
April 14-15	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a NATO foreign ministers meeting. Berlin.
April 15	10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Boston College Political Science Association, "The Obama Administration and the Future of Nuclear Arms Control," with Marcie Berman Ries, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear and Strategic Policy; Olli Heinonen, Harvard University; Christopher Hill, University of Denver; David Sanger,New York Times; Christopher Ford, Hudson Institute; Michael Guhin, International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau, State Department; Frank von Hippel, Princeton University; Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund; Edward Levine, staff member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and Lynn Rusten, Arms Control, Verication, and Compliance Bureau, State Department. Boston College, Fulton Honors Library, Chestnut Hill, MA.
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	1:00-5:00 p.m., Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, March, Concert, Rally, and Action for Peace and Disarmament. Alvin Bissell Park, 1401 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN.
April 16-17	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with South Korean officials in Seoul (April 16-17) and with Japanese officials in Tokyo (April 17). North Korea's nuclear program will be on the agenda.
April 16-May 1	House and Senate spring recess.
April 18	1:00 p.m., screening of Countdown to Zero, followed by a discussion with Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Frontier Café and Cinema, 14 Maine St., Fort Andross, Brunswick, ME.
April 18	6:00 p.m., Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, "Nuclear Security Issues: Medical and Military Perspectives." University of Southern Maine, Masterton Hall, Room 113, Portland, ME.
April 18	Passover begins at sundown. Through April 26.
April 18-25	Nevada Desert Experience, "Sacred Peace Walk," commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Las Vegas, NV, to the Nevada National Security Site. Register online.
April 19	Noon, Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, "Nuclear Security Issues: Medical and Military Perspectives." University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Alfond Center for Health Sciences, Room 304, Biddeford, ME.
April 19	6:00 p.m., Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, "Nuclear Security Issues: Medical and Military Perspectives." Unity College, Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St., Unity, ME.
April 20	1:15-2:45 p.m., Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, U.N. Representative for Disarmament; Richard Butler, Middle Powers Initiative; and Douglass Roche, former Canadian Member of Parliament, book discussion of How We Stopped Loving The Bomb: An Insider's Account of the World on the Brink of Banning Nuclear Arms. United Nations, North Lawn Building, Conference Room 7, New York. RSVP by noon, April 18 by email.
April 20	5:30-7:30 p.m., István Hargittai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, book discussion of Judging Edward Teller: A Closer Look at One of the Most Influential Scientists of the Twentieth Century. George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP by email.
April 21	2:00-6:00 p.m., Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and seven other speakers, "Lessons from Chernobyl: 25 years later." Ukrainian Embassy, 3350 M Street, NW, Washington.
April 22	6:45 a.m., Ecumenical Peace Institute and Livermore Conversion Project, worship service and witness. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Patterson Pass Rd. and Vasco Rd., Livermore, CA.
April 22	10:00-11:30 a.m., Daniel Wirls, UC Santa Cruz, "Irrational Security: The Politics of Military Spending Today." University of California Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Joseph McGhee by email.
April 22	Good Friday.
April 24	Easter.
April 26	Mohamed ElBaradei, former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, releases his memoir, The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times.
April 26	12:30-2:00 p.m., John Harvey, Principal Deputy Assistant for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs to the Defense Secretary, "Advancing America's Nuclear Security." National Defense University, 300 Fifth Ave., SW, Lincoln Hall, Room 1105, Washington. RSVP to Amanda Ducasse by email.
April 26	25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Prypiat, Soviet Union, now Ukraine.
April 26-27	National Academy of Sciences, meeting of the committee preparing the report The Quality of the Management and of the Science and Engineering Research at the Department of Energy's National Security Laboratories. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA.
April 26-28	Former President Carter and former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan meet with North Korean officials. Pyongyang, North Korea.
April 28	Noon, Simon Limage, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Programs; Julie Fischer, Stimson Center; and Alistair Millar, Center for Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, "Coordinating Global Priorities Amidst the Financial Crisis: Security, Development, and Public Health in Eastern Africa." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP to Elise Valbuena-Pfau by email.
April 28	Noon-1:00 p.m., Ronald Lehman and Mona Dreicer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "A New START: 40 Years of Strategic Nuclear Arms Control." University of California, Office of the President, Franklin Lobby 1 Conference Room.
April 28	3:30-5:00 p.m., Gaurav Kampani, Stanford University, "Understanding Three Decades of Lag in Indian Nuclear Decision-Making." Stanford University, Encina Hall, CISAC Conference Room, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA.
April	Missile Defense Agency tests the Airborne Laser (possible; has been delayed several times). Edwards Air Force Base, CA, and San Nicolas Island, CA.
April or May	President Obama nominates Mark Lippert to be the Assistant Defense Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security (possible).
April or May	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
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.
Week of May 2	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution for fiscal year 2012 (estimate). 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
May 3	8:00-9:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Next Steps in U.S.-Russian Arms Control," and Frank Miller, former National Security Council staff, "U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Strategy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 4	Time TBA, Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on national security space programs, with witnesses TBA. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location.
May 4	1:30 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons program of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
May 4-5	National Defense University, WMD Center Annual Symposium. National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington.
May 5	7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT, Republican presidential debate. Peace Center, 300 S. Main St., Greenville, SC. Broadcast on Fox News.
May 6	8:00-9:00 a.m., Mark Dubowitz, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, "Pakistan Nuclear Issues," and Thomas Joscelyn, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, "Sanctions on Iran." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 7	8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, action and vigil. Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Bangor, WA.
May 9	Noon-1:30 p.m., University of Texas at Austin and the Nuclear Threat Initiative, "HEU Phase-out: Prospects and Challenges". American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Conference room, 1200 New York Ave., Washington. RSVP to Sarah Williams by email.
May 10	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Arms Control Association, "Reducing the Nuclear Danger: Next Steps on the Test Ban Treaty and Nuclear Arms Reductions," with Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Sen. Robert Casey (PA); and other speakers TBA. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington.
May 11	10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
May 11	13th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India.
May 12	8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Pillsbury, Atlantic Council, "PAC Strategic Options," and Stephen Blank, Army War College, "Russia, The Once and Future Nuclear Power." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 14-22	House of Representatives recess.
May 16	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 begins. Through July 1. Geneva.
May 17	8:00-9:00 a.m., Gary Samore, National Security Council, "Iran: U.S. Policy Options." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 17-25	World Council of Churches, International Ecumenical Peace Convocation. Kingston, Jamaica.
May 18	8:00-9:00 a.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council, "U.S. Strategic Options in the Persian Gulf." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 20	8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Tom McInerney (retired), former Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, and Clare Lopez, The Intelligence Summit, "Iran and Terrorism: Material Support from Kohobar Towers to 9/11 and Beyond." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 21-28	Screening of Hibakusha: Our Life to Live. Part of the Uranium Film Festival. Parque das Ruinas, Rio de Janeiro.
May 22-24	American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
May 23-28	President Obama visits Ireland (May 23), United Kingdom (May 24-26), France (May 26-27), and Poland (May 27-28).
Week of May 23	House of Representatives floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN.
May 24	New York special election to replace former Rep. Chris Lee (NY-26).
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
May 25	10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Missile Defense Agency budget, with witnesses TBA. 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 26	8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. James Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Strategic U.S. Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
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 26-27	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. President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet on the sidelines to discuss nuclear arms reductions and missile defense cooperation.
May 27-30	House of Representatives Memorial Day recess.
May 27-30	NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session. Varna, Bulgaria.
May 28-June 5	Senate Memorial Day recess.
May 30	Memorial Day (holiday).
May	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 (estimate). 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
May	Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari meets with President Obama. Washington.
May	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.
May	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (estimate).
May or June	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Madelyn Creedon to be Assistant Defense Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location.
May or June	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Thomas Countryman to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
June 1	8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Robert Smolen (retired), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "Sustaining the Nuclear Deterrent Enterprise." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
June 2-9	Screening of Hibakusha: Our Life to Live. Part of the Uranium Film Festival. Cultural Centre Matilha, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
June 4-12	House of Representatives recess.
June 6-10	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
June 7	German Chanceller Angela Merkel meets with President Obama. Washington.
June 7	Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on CNN.
June 7	30th anniversary of Israel's destruction of Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor.
June 8-9	Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium. Discussion of the NATO Deterrence and Defense 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 to Elma Rhue by email.
June 9	Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a NATO-Russia Council defense ministers meeting (estimate). Brussels, Belgium. Missile defense cooperation is on the agenda.
June 10	8:00-9:00 a.m., John Harvey, Principal Deputy Assistant to the Defense Secretary for NCB 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 to Elma Rhue by email.
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.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
June 29-30	Partnership for Global Security, Biosecurity Conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
June	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.
June	Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, 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.
June	Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, 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.
June	Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, 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	Obama administration completes a plan to reorganize trade and export agencies.
June	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site.
June	China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States hold a second nuclear powers conference to discuss nuclear weapons verification and transparency cooperation. Paris.
June	Russian Navy test launches a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine (tentative). White Sea, Russia.
June, July, or week of Aug. 1	House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, markup of the State, foreign operations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. Not webcast.
June, July, or week of Aug. 1	Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2.
Summer	Defense Secretary Robert Gates retires.
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).
July 1	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 ends. Geneva.
July 2-10	Senate Independence Day recess.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
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 12	California special election 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 to Elma Rhue by email.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
July 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 16-24	House of Representatives recess.
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 or Aug.	Vice President Joe Biden visits China.
July, week of Aug. 1, or 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.
Aug. 2	Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 begins. Through Sept. 16. Geneva.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
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. 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. 31	Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan.
Aug.	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. 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).
Week of Sept. 5	Non-Aligned Movement summit. Belgrade, Serbia.
Sept. 11	10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 12	Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Sponsored by CNN and the Tea Party Express. Tampa, FL. Broadcast and video webcast on CNN.
Sept. 12-16	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
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.
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 to Elma Rhue by email.
Sept. 22	Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Orlando, FL. Broadcast on Fox News.
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.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for thesupplemental 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).
Sept.	United Nations hosts a meeting for promoting the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations.
Sept.	India test launches its new Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile (tentative). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India.
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.
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 primary debate. The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV. Broadcast on CNN. Broadcast and video webcast on CNN.
Oct. 18-20	Arab Institute for Security Studies, "Laying the Grounds for 2012--Opportunities for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security." Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Oct. 22-30	Senate recess.
Oct. 24	United Nations Day.
Oct.	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory director George Miller retires. Livermore, CA.
Oct.	University of London, London Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. London.
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. 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.	NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session. Location TBA.
Nov. or Dec.	Defense Department completes a review of U.S. nuclear weapons requirements.
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.
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 dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
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	Senate floor action on the nomination of Philip Coyle to be an Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
TBA	President Obama visits Pakistan.
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	Iran resumes talks on its nuclear program, with 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 (possible). Location TBA.
TBA	Non-Aligned Movement's second summit meeting for 2011. Jakarta, Indonesia.
TBA	Indonesian parliament ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Jakarta, Indonesia. (Indonesia is one of the 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 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. 1	U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon begins a second five-year term.
Jan. 2	New Year's Day observed (federal holiday).
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. 16	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2012 begins (estimate). Through March 23. 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 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 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	Florida presidential primary (estimate).
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 Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction 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. 31	President Obama submits an annual report to the Senate 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 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. 5	First anniversary of the New START Treaty entering into force.
Feb. 5	President Obama submits an annual report to the Senate 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	Time TBA, Republican presidential debate (estimate). Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA.
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	President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on how the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction 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 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).
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 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 31	National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual report to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan Senate Report 108-105, p. 110.
March	Russian presidential election.
March	Center for Energy and Security Studies, Moscow Nonproliferation Conference (estimate). Moscow.
March-April	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
Spring	President Obama hosts a NATO summit. Chicago or another city TBA, United States. Adoption of the NATO Deterrence and Defense Posture Review is on the agenda.
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 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(a)). Previous reports are posted on theState Department website.
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 under the treaty. (Both countries will miss the due date.)
April	President Obama attends the Second Nuclear Security Summit (estimate). Seoul, South Korea.
April	South Korean National Assembly elections.
April-May	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 review conference. Vienna, Austria (estimate).
TBA	U.N. Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Location TBA.

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