Nuclear Calendar -- March 28, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- March 28, 2011

March 18-28	House and Senate recess. (Senate recess is March 19-27.)
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 defendants for civil disobedience. U.S. District Court, Union Station Courthouse, 1717 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA. Related events on March 26 and 27.
March 28	10:00-11:00 a.m., Dean Wilkening, Stanford University, "The Obama Administration's Phased Adaptive Approach to Ballistic Missile Defense." International Institute For Strategic Studies (IISS), Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel St., Fourth Floor, Temple Place, London. RSVP to IISS by email.
March 28	6:00-7:30 p.m., Thomas Shea, former International Atomic Energy Agency staff, "Spent Fuel Reprocessing." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 505, Washington. RSVP online.
March 28-29	U.S.-South Korean Extended Deterrence Policy Committee meets. Hawaii.
March 28-29	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Register online.
Week of March 28	Missile Defense Agency conducts a test of the Airborne Laser (tentative; has been delayed several times). Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range off San Nicolas Island, CA.
March 28-April 8	U.S.-Russia Bilateral Consultative Commission on the New START Treaty meets for its first session. Geneva.
March 29	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the U.S. Strategic Command (and U.S. European Command) budget, with Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command. G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast onCapitolHearings.org.
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 29	4:00-5:30 p.m., Nataliya Mironova, Movement for Nuclear Safety, Russia, and Natalia Manzurova, radiation ecology expert, Russia, "The Chernobyl Nuclear Catastrophe 25 Years Later: What Have We Learned?." Cosponsored by Beyond Nuclear and the Trust for Mutual Understanding. Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
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	9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., State Department, "Generation Prague: Arms Control and Nonproliferation in the 21st Century." State Department, East Auditorium, George Marshall Conference Center, 21st St., NW, between C St. and Virginia Ave., Washington. RSVP by 3:00 p.m., March 28 to the State Department by email. RSVP must include full name, organization, title, date of birth, U.S. driver's license number and state of issuance.
March 30	10:00 a.m., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hearing on "Ten Years After 9/11: A Report From the 9/11 Commission Chairmen," with Thomas Kean, former chairman, and Lee Hamilton, former vice chairman, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
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 30	2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration(NNSA), with Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, NNSA, and five other witnesses. 232-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 30	6:30-9:00 p.m., Stephen Bosworth, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, "The Prospects for Achieving Denuclearization in North Korea and Long-term Stability in Northeast Asia." Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant, 8240 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA. RSVP online.
March 31	9:30 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the missile defense budget, with Bradley Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy; Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency; David Ahern, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Portfolio Systems Acquisition; and Michael Gilmore, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
March 31	Noon-2:00 p.m., Guy Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for WMD Policy, NATO; David Smith, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; Paula DeSutter, former Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; and Chen Kane, Monterey Institute, "Middle East WMD Free Zone." Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, 901 N. Stuart St., Suite 200, Arlington, VA. 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	12:30-2:00 p.m., Larry Satkowiak, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Mary Alice Hayward, AREVA, "Technical and Policy Perspectives on U.S. Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs." Sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2216 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP now closed.
March 31	2:00-4:00 p.m., Natalia Mironova, Natalia Manzurova, and Tatiana Mukhamedyarova, Beyond Nuclear, "25 Years After Chernobyl: What Can We Learn?" George Washington University, Room 505, 1957 E St., NW, Washington.
March 31	6:30 p.m., Andrew O'Neil, Griffith University, Australia, "The Future of Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Asia." Australian Embassy, 1601 Massachusetts Ave,, NW, Washington. RSVP to the Australian Embassy by email.
March 31	National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual report to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
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	5:00-6:30 p.m., George Quester, George Washington University, "The Last Time We Were at Zero." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Lindner Family Commons, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP online.
April 4-6	PONI (Project on Nuclear Issues) spring conference. J.W. Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas, NV. Registration is now closed.
Week of April 4	House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution for fiscal year 2012. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on thecommittee website.
Week of April 4	House and Senate floor action on a conference report on the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, H.R. 1 (possible). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2.
April 4-22	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
April 5	11:30 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, NNSA; and other witnesses TBA. Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website depending on room location.
April 5	7:00-9:00 p.m., Dick Duda and Ray Schuster, "Recovering the Vision of Reykjavik: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons." Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Alto, CA. Additional sessions on April 12, 19, and 26. RSVP by email.
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 5-9	Police departments in the New York City area (CT, NJ, and NY) hold a "dirty bomb" exercise.
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 7	Noon-1:30 p.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council; Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation; and Mark Dubowitz, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, "Next Steps in Iran Sanctions: Targeting the Choke Points." Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. Video webcast on the Heritage website.
April 8	Sixth Continuing Resolution for appropriations expires (Public Law 112-6).
April 8	Nuclear Security Summit sous-sherpas meeting. Vienna, Austria.
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.
April 11	6:30 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. George Fox University, Lemmons 8, Newberg, OR.
April 11-12	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. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
April 12	8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Senate Perspectives on Iran, Missile Defense, and Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
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	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 email.
April 13-15	Biological Weapons Convention preparatory meeting for the review conference (Dec. 5-22, 2011). Geneva.
April 14	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Michael Turner (OH), "HASC Perspectives on Strategic Issues." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 14	7:00-8:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb. University of California, I-House Great Hall, San Diego, CA. RSVP online.
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	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	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 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, NM.
April	Former President Carter and former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan meet with North Korean officials. Pyongyang, North Korea.
April	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
April or May	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Madelyn Creedon to be Assistant Secretary of Defense 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.
April or May	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
April or May	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.
April or May	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).
April or May	U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (estimate). Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
April or May	Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a National Intelligence Estimate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (classified).
April or May	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
April or May	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 or May	Iranian government sponsors a second annual conference on "International Disarmament and Security" (possible). 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 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 4-5	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 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 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 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	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.
May 23-28	President Obama visits Ireland (May 23), United Kingdom (May 24-26), France, and Poland.
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. 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	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 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 26-27	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.
May or June	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.
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.
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	Uranium Film Festival. screening of Hibakusha: Our Life to Live. 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	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 Secretary of the Army 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 Secretary of Defense 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 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 Israeli Ministry of Defense staff, "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 Secretary of Defense 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 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	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	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 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 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 a draft report to the Energy Secretary.
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.
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. 12-16	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. 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. 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. 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. 11-12	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.
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. 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	20th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
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	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.
TBA	Indonesian parliament ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. 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.
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	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	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	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 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.
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. 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 11	First anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. Fukushima, Japan.
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. Chicago (possible) 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	President Obama attends the Second Nuclear Security Summit. Seoul, South Korea.
TBA	U.N. Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Location TBA.

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The editor is David Culp. The publication is made possible by generous contributions from the Colombe Foundation, the Educational Foundation of America, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Lippincott Foundation, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the Ploughshares Fund, and the individual contributors and supporters of the Friends Committee on National Legislation and the FCNL Education Fund.