Nuclear Calendar -- March 7, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- March 7, 2011

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March 7	India's Defense Research and Development Organization tests its Ballistic Missile Defense system. Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India.
March 7	12:15-2:00 p.m., Scott Sagan, Stanford University, "Arms, Disarmament, and Influence: International Reactions to the 2010 US Nuclear Posture Review." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA.
March 7-11	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda.
March 8	9:30-11:00 a.m., Bonnie Jenkins, State Department Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, "Cooperative Threat Reduction in the 21st Century." Hudson Institute, 1015 15th St., NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP to Richard Weitz byemail. Webcast on the Hudson Institute website.
March 8	Postponed 10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, hearing on the proposed fiscal 2012 appropriations, with Jacob Lew, Director, Office of Management and Budget. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 8	3:30-5:00 p.m., Bharath Gopalswamy, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Rajeswari Rajagopalan, Observer Research Foundation; and Victoria Samson, Secure World Foundation; "India's Military Space Efforts and Regional Security Considerations." Sponsored by the Secure World Foundation. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Tiffany Chow by email.
March 8	Nuclear Regulatory Commission due date for comments on a petition to includeproliferation assessments as part of the licensing process. Petition submitted by Francis Slakey on behalf of the American Physical Society. Comments can be submitted online.
March 8 or 9	Senate floor votes on the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, H.R. 1, and on a Democratic substitute to the bill (estimate). Both votes are expected to fail along party lines. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 9	9:00 -10:30 a.m., Robert Einhorn, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Nonproliferation and Arms Control; Kenneth Katzman, Congressional Research Service; Kimberly Elliot, Center for Global Development; and John Limbert, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; "The Impact of Sanctions on Iran's Nuclear Program." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., Root Room, NW, Washington. RSVPonline.
March 9	11:00 a.m., Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard addresses a joint session of Congress. House Chamber, Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN.
March 9	Noon-1:30 p.m., Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC), conversation on national security and international affairs. Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP by email.
March 9	Noon-1:30 p.m., Tom Bielefeld, Harvard University, "Forensics, Detectors, and Deterrence--Integrating Technology with Policy to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism." MIT, Muckley Building E40-496, Cambridge, MA.
March 9-10	Vice President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Moscow.
March 10	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States, with James Clapper Director of National Intelligence, and Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast onCapitolHearings.org.
March 10	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations,hearing on the State Department budget, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website.
March 10	10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "North Korea's Sea of Fire: Bullying, Brinkmanship, and Blackmail," with Robert Carlin, Stanford University; Bruce Klingner, Heritage Foundation; Victor Cha, Georgetown University; and William Newcomb, former senior economist, State Department. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. The public can submit a question in advance online. Video webcast on the committee website.
March 10	10:00 a.m., Senate Budget Committee, hearing on the defense and international affairs budgets, with William Lynn, Deputy Defense Secretary, and Thomas Nides, Deputy Secretary of State. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast onCapitolHearings.org.
March 10	11:45-1:00 p.m., Douglas Barrie, International Institute for Strategic Studies, "The 25th Plenary Meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime: Issues and Prospects for Buenos Aires, April 11-15, 2011." International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1850 K St., NW, Suite 300, Washington.
March 10-11	Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends an informal NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium. Missile defense cooperation with Russia is on the agenda.
March 11	9:45-3:00 p.m., Gary Doer, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; Laura Holgate, National Security Council; Bonnie Jenkins, State Department Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs; Gary Samore, WMD Coordinator, National Security Council; and five other speakers, "Global Efforts in WMD Threat Reduction: Perspectives on the Nuclear Security Summit and G-8 Global Partnership." Sponsored by the Canadian Embassy and the Fissile Materials Working Group. Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 11	11:30 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing on Counterproliferation Strategy for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Chemical Biological Defense Program, with Kenneth Handelman, Acting Assistant Defense Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs; Andrew Weber, Assistant to the Defense Secretary for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs; Kenneth Myers III, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency; and Brig. Gen. Jess Scarbrough, Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical and Biological Defense. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
March 12	2:00 p.m., New York Peace Film Festival, screening of A Thousand Cranes. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York.
March 12	3:30 p.m., New York Peace Film Festival, screening of Flash of Hope: Hibakusha Traveling the World. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York.
March 12	7:00 p.m., New York Peace Film Festival, screening of Twice Bombed, Twice Survived: The Legacy of Tsutomo Yamaguchi. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York.
March 13	1:00 p.m., New York Peace Film Festival, screening of Beating the Bomb. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York.
March 13	3:30 p.m., New York Peace Film Festival, screening of Free World. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York.
March 14	6:30-8:30 p.m., Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, book release of Nuclear Power's Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs and Risks. B-369 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP to Shannon Traylor byemail.
March 14	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a G-8 foreign ministers meeting. Paris.
March 14	Kim Jong-un, the youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Vice President Xi Jinping. Beijing.
Week of March 14	House and Senate floor action on a sixth Continuing Resolution (estimates). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2. The bill is expected to extend current appropriations from March 19 through April 1.
March 15	8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Suzanne Nossel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations; Jonas Hafström, Swedish Ambassador to the U.S.; Rep. Keith Ellison (MN); Nazila Fathi, New York Times; Sarah Leah Whitson, Human Rights Watch; Nader Hashemi, University of Denver; and Alireza Nader, RAND, "Answering the Iranian People's Call for Human Rights." Sponsored by the National Iranian American Council. 106 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington. RSVP online.
March 15	3:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on space posture, with Erin Conaton, Undersecretary of the Air Force; Bob Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber and Space Policy; Gen. William Shelton, Air Force Space Command Commander; and Maj. Gen. Susan Mashiko, Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
March 16	9:00-11:00 a.m., Erin Conaton, Undersecretary of the Air Force, "Air Force Space Policy and Programs." Sponsored by the Marshall Institute. National Press Club, 529 14th St, NW, Washington. RSVP by email.
March 17	9:00-10:30 a.m., George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment; Jane Vaynman, Harvard University; Thomas Fingar, Stanford University; Scott Sagan, Stanford University; and James Miller, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; "Arms, Disarmament, and Influence: International Responses to the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by email.
March 17	3:30-5:00 p.m., Bekhzod Yuldashev, Stanford University "Spent Nuclear Fuel and Nonproliferation." Stanford University, Encina Hall Central, CISAC Conference Room, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA.
March 18	Fifth continuing resolution for appropriations for fiscal year 2011 expires. (Public Law 112-4)
March 18-28	House and Senate recess. (Senate recess is March 19-27.)
March 19-22	Civilian Soldier Alliance, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Peace Action, United for Peace and Justice, and Veterans for Peace, spring lobby weekend. True Reformer Building, 1200 U St., NW, Washington. Register online. For information, contact Matt Southworth by email.
March 20	6:30 p.m., Environmental Film Festival, screening of Countdown To Zero. At the Carnegie Institution for Science, Elihu Root Auditorium, 1530 P St., NW, Washington.
March 21	7:00 p.m., Environmental Film Festival, screening of Black Ocean (Noir Ocean), about three sailors aboard a naval vessel in 1972 taking part in nuclear tests in French Polynesia. At the La Maison Française, French Embassy, 4101 Reservoir Rd., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 21-23	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Missile Defense Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (closed).
March 22	7:00 p.m., Jennifer Smyser, Stanley Foundation, "Preventing Nuclear Terrorism." Bettendorf Public Library, Second Floor, 2950 Learning Campus Dr., Bettendorf, IA.
March 22 or earlier	United States and Russia exchange information on each other's strategic nuclear arsenal under the New START Treaty.
March 22-23	Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets with Russian officials. Moscow. Missile defense cooperation is on the agenda.
March 25-28	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA (March 25-27), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 28). Register online.
March 28	9:00 a.m. Sentencing for five Disarm Now Plowshares co-defendants for civil disobedience. U.S. District Union Station Courthouse, Tacoma, WA. Related events on March 26 and 27.
March 28-29	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Register online.
Week of March 28	House and Senate floor action on a conference report on the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, H.R. 1 (estimates). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2.
March 29	9:30-11:00 a.m., Alex Roesler, Sandia National Labs, "Today's U.S. Nuclear Stockpile." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA.
March 30	9:00 a.m.-noon, Charles Ferguson, Federation of American Scientists; Anne Harrington, National Nuclear Security Administration; Mary Alice Hayward, AREVA; Laura Holgate, National Security Council; Roger Howsley, World Institute of Nuclear Security; Jean Jalouneix, Institut de Radioprotection et Sûreté Nucleair, France; and Igor Khripunov, University of Georgia in Athens, "The Human Dimension of Nuclear Security." Sponsored by University of Georgia in Athens. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Andrea Pries by email.
March 30	12:30-2:30 p.m., Benoît Pelopidas, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and Robert Norris, National Resources Defense Council, "The Oracles of Proliferation." George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP by email.
March 31	12:15-1:30 p.m., Steve Fetter, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "Nuclear Policy in the Obama Administration" University of Maryland, 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
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	U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (tentative). Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
March	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
March	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN.
March	Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a National Intelligence Estimate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (classified).
March or April	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.
March or April	President Obama submits the protocols to the African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty, or Treaty of Pelindaba, and the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, or Treaty of Rarotonga, to the Senate for ratification (possible).
March or April	Missile Defense Agency conducts a test of the Airborne Laser (possible; has been delayed several times). Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range off San Nicolas Island, CA.
March or April	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
March or April	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex.
March or April	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.
April 1	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 ends. Geneva.
April 3-6	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Equality Center, 1640 Rhode Island Ave,, NW; Washington (April 3), and Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, 322 Fourth St., NE, Washington (April 4-6). Register online.
April 4	Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb. University of California, San Diego, CA.
April 4-6	PONI (Project on Nuclear Issues) spring conference. J.W. Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas, NV. Register (U.S. citizens) by March 10online.
Week of April 4 or 11	House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution for fiscal year 2012 (estimate). 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website.
April 4-22	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
April 5	2:00 p.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on "Weapons of Mass Destruction Countermeasures--Threat, Programs, and Funding," with Alex Garza, Homeland Security Department, and Warren Stern, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast.
April 5	Second anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
April 5	Director of National Intelligence, with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, submits to Congress a report on the threat from dirty bombs (Public Law 111-259, Sec. 344).
April 6 or later	United States and Russia resume on-site inspections of each other's nuclear weapons facilities under the New START Treaty.
April 8-10	Global Zero hosts GZ|DC 2Ø11, a convention that includes policy negotiation seminars and advocacy, media, and campaigning workshops. George Washington University, Washington, DC. Register online.
April 9	National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran.
Week of April 11	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.
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 13-15	Biological Weapons Convention preparatory meeting for the review conference (Dec. 5-22, 2011). Geneva.
April 14-15	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a NATO foreign ministers meeting. Berlin.
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-May 1	House and Senate spring recess.
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 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	25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Prypiat, Soviet Union, now Ukraine.
April	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site.
April or May	Iranian government sponsors a second annual conference on "International Disarmament and Security" (tentative). Tehran, Iran. Portions webcast on IranianPress TV.
May 1	Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on theDefense Department website.
May 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a biennial Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship Criteria and Assessment Report (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2522).
May 2	Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast on CNBC and MSNBC, and webcast on POLITICO.
May 2-6	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Week of May 2	House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee websitedepending on room location.
May 4-5	National Defense University, WMD Center Annual Symposium. National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington.
May 5	Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Peace Center, 300 S. Main St., Greenville, SC. Broadcast on Fox News.
May 10 or 11	House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). 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 14-22	House of Representatives recess.
May 16	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 begins. Through July 1. Geneva.
May 17-25	World Council of Churches, International Ecumenical Peace Convocation. Kingston, Jamaica.
May 21-28	Uranium Film Festival, screening of Hibakusha: Our Life to Live. 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.
Week of May 23	House of Representatives floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of May 23 or June 6	Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.orgdepending on room location.
Week of May 23 or June 6	Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). 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 24-26	President Obama visits the United Kingdom.
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 27-30	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 nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
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.
June 1	15th anniversary of Ukraine's removal of the last former Soviet strategic nuclear warheads to Russia.
June 2-9	Coalition for Peace Action, screening of Hibakusha: Our Life to Live. Cultural Centre Matilha, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
June 4-12	House of Representatives recess.
June 6-10	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
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 8-10	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Monitoring Science and Technology" international scientific conference. Vienna, Austria.
June 25-July 5	House of Representatives Independence Day recess.
June 29-30	Partnership for Global Security, Biosecurity Conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
June	California special election to replace former Rep. Jane Harman (CA-36).
June	Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and 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	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	Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a NATO- Russia Council defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium. Missile defense cooperation is on the agenda.
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	Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting (estimate). Location TBA.
June	Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism annual meeting (estimate). Seoul, South Korea.
June	Russian Navy test launches the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine (tentative). White Sea, Russia.
June	Los Alamos National Laboratory director Mike Anastasio retires.
June or July	Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2.
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 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 16-24	House of Representatives recess.
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	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final supplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
Aug. 2	Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 begins. Through Sept. 16. Geneva.
Aug. 6	Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 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.
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. 12-16	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Sept. 16	Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 ends. Geneva.
Sept. 18-20	Women's Action for New Directions and Women Legislators' Lobby conference. 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. 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.	United Nations hosts a meeting for promoting the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations.
Sept.	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Improving Metrics for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (estimate).
Sept.	India test launches its new Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile (tentative). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India.
Fall	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site.
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. 11-12	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. 18-20	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.	Republican presidential debate. Orlando, FL. Broadcast on Fox News.
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.
Dec. 4	Russian Duma elections.
Dec. 5-22	Biological Weapons Convention review conference. Geneva
Dec. 8	Congress adjourns (tentative).
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	Anniversary of the ratification of the New START Treaty by the Senate on a vote of71 to 26.
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday)
Dec. 26	Christmas observed (federal holiday).
Dec. or Jan.	NATO and Russia conduct a joint theater anti-missile defense exercise. Location(s) TBA, Europe.
TBA	President Obama visits Pakistan.
TBA	Vice President Joe Biden visits China.
TBA	Defense Secretary Robert Gates retires.
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	North Korean Sanctions Committee meeting of the U.N. Security Council. United Nations.
TBA	Non-Aligned Movement's second summit meeting for 2011. Jakarta, Indonesia.
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 (estimate).
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	Iowa Democratic and Republican presidential caucuses (estimate).
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. 24	New Hampshire Democratic and Republic presidential primary (estimate).
Jan. 28	South Carolina Democratic and Republican presidential primary (estimate).
Jan. 29	10th anniversary of President George W. Bush's "axis of evil" speech.
Jan. 30	Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367).
Jan. 31	President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material, and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). The report is usually included as an appendix in the annual report due on Feb. 15 to Congress on how the 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)).
Jan. 31	Florida Democratic and Republican presidential primary (estimate).
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 (estimate).
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	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	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 Democratic and Republican presidential caucuses and primaries in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah (estimates).
Feb. 11	Louisiana Democratic and Republican presidential primary.
Feb. 14	District of Columbia (estimate), Maryland, and Virginia Democratic and Republican presidential primaries.
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).
Feb. 18	Nevada Republican presidential caucuses. Note: Presidential caucuses and primaries after the Nevada caucus are not listed.
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 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-April	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
Spring	President Obama hosts a NATO summit. City TBA, United States. Adoption of the NATO Deterrence and Defense Posture Review is on the agenda.
April	Second Nuclear Security Summit (estimate). Seoul, South Korea.
TBA	U.N. Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Location TBA.

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