Nuclear Calendar -- May 2, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- May 2, 2011

May 2	10:00-11:00 a.m., Rep. Barney Frank (MA), "Creating a Sustainable and Affordable Defense Posture." Center for American Progress Action Fund, 1333 H St., NW, 10th Floor, Washington. RSVP online.
May 2-6	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
May 3	1:00-3:00 p.m., Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will; Susi Snyder, IKV Pax Christi; and Wilbert van der Zeijden, IKV Pax Christi, "Withdrawal Issues: What NATO Countries say About the Future of Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe." United Nations Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, 10th Floor Conference Room, New York. RSVP by April 30 to Susi Snyder by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
May 3	Nevada Sen. John Ensign resigns and Dean Heller takes office as senator.
May 4	12:30-2:00 p.m., James Acton, Carnegie Endowment, "Playing the Nuclear Numbers Game: Strategic Stability and Deep Reductions." George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
May 4	1:30 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, H.R. 1540, 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	2:30 p.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, NNSA. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
May 4	2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on implementation of the New START Treaty and plans for future reductions in nuclear warheads and delivery systems post-New START Treaty, with James Miller, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command; former Defense Secretary William Perry; and Keith Payne, Missouri State University. 232-A Russell Senate 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 4-5	Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Workshop, "Preparing for Nuclear Arms Reductions--Addressing Technical Transparency and Verification Challenges." Monterey Institute, McCone Building, Irvine Auditorium, 499 Pierce St., Monterey, CA. Register online.
May 5	9:00-10:30 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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 8	5:00-7:00 p.m. EDT, Firedoglake, online book salon with Tad Daley, author ofApocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World. Moderated by Valerie Plame and Amb. Joe Wilson.
May 9	10:00-11:30 a.m., Pavel Baev, Peace Research Institute Oslo; Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution; and Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian Parliament Deputy, "The Trilateral Process: Washington, Kiev, Moscow, and the Fate of Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine." Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
May 9	Noon-1:30 p.m., University of Texas at Austin and the Nuclear Threat Initiative, "HEU Phase-out: Prospects and Challenges." At the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS Conference Room, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by May 4 to Sarah Williams by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Week of May 9	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution for fiscal year 2012 (possible). 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
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); Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH); and five other speakers. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register online.
May 11	10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, H.R. 1540, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on thecommittee 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
May 12	3:30-5:00 p.m., Matthias Englert, Stanford University "Cascading Enrichment: Are Gas-Centrifuges Spinning the World?" Stanford University, Encina Hall Central, CISAC Conference Room, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA.
May 14-22	House of Representatives recess.
May 15-22	Gen. Chen Bingde, Chief of General Staff, Chinese Army, meets with Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other U.S. officials. Washington.
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
May 18	7:30 a.m., HEAL Utah breakfast fundraiser with Jonathan Schell, author of The Fate of the Earth and other books. I.J. and Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Dr., Salt Lake City. RSVP online.
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
May 21	8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., University of Chicago, "The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present: Exploring Nuclear Weapons and Energy through Documentaries and Discussion." University of Chicago, International House, 1414 E. 59th St., Chicago. RSVP online.
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). Missile defense cooperation will be on the agenda in Poland and perhaps in other countries.
Week of May 23	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 24	Time TBA, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress. House Chamber, Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN.
May 24	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 Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Holiday Inn Express, 60 Entrada Dr., Los Alamos, NM.
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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 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 Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Santa Claran Hotel, 464 N. Riverside Dr., Española, NM.
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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 Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Santa Fe Community College, Jemez Rooms, 6401 Richards Ave., Santa Fe, NM.
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 28-June 5	Senate Memorial Day recess.
May 30	Memorial Day (holiday).
May	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing(s) on the nomination of Leon Panetta to be Defense Secretary (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast onCapitolHearings.org.
May or June	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.
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.
May or June	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
June 1	8:00-9:00 a.m., James Miller, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense 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 to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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 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	8:00 p.m. EDT, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast and video webcast 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 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 is expected to 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 to Elma Rhue byThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
June 13	Due date for comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration's draftSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Comments can be submitted to the Los Alamos Site Office by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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	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 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 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 to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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 This 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	Partnership for Global Security, Biosecurity Conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
June 30	Defense Secretary Robert Gates retires.
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	China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States hold a second nuclear powers conference to discuss nuclear weapons verification and transparency cooperation. Paris.
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	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC.
June	Russian Navy test launches a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine (tentative). White Sea, Russia.
June	Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant begins operations (tentative; has been delayed many times before).
June or July	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, 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.
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	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 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 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 to Elma Rhue by This 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 27-29	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.
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 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.
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. 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 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. 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	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. 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 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 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.
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sept. 22	Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Orlando, FL. Broadcast on Fox News.
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.	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.
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.
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.
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	University of London, London Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. London.
Oct. 24	United Nations Day.
Oct.	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory director George Miller retires. Livermore, CA.
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.	U.N.-South Korea Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju, South Korea.
Nov. or Dec.	Defense Department completes a review of U.S. nuclear weapons requirements(estimate).
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 break up 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. Location TBA.
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. 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 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). 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 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	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 to Congress an annual report 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 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.
Feb.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC.
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	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 to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan Senate Report 108-105, p. 110.
March	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on theSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium dispositionat 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.
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 to Congress an annual report on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367 note).
April 15	President Obama submits to Congress an annual report on the implementation of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(2)). Previous reports are posted on the State Department website.
April 15	State Department submits to Congress an annual report 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. Seoul, South Korea.
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 SORT (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty), 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.
TBA	U.N. Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible). Location TBA.

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