Nuclear Calendar -- May 29, 2012 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- May 29, 2012 | Friends Committee on National Legislation

May 19-29	House of Representatives Memorial Day recess.
May 26-June 3	Senate Memorial Day recess.
May 29	9:30-11:00 a.m., David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, and Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council, "Iran Nuclear Negotiations: What's Next?" Atlantic Council, 1101 15th St., NW, 11th Floor, Washington. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Atlantic Council South Asia Program">email.
May 30	10:45-11:45 a.m., Ashton Carter, Deputy Defense Secretary, "Budget Priorities for 21st Century Defense." American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 1150 17th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the AEI website.
May 31	11:00 a.m., Ed Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists; Peter Stockton, Project on Government Oversight; and Tom Clements, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, "Briefing on the MOX Program." Sponsored by the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. S-115 Capitol Building, Washington.
May 31	4:00 p.m., Ed Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists; Peter Stockton, Project on Government Oversight; and Tom Clements, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, "Briefing on the MOX Program." Sponsored by the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. 441 Cannon House Office Building, Washington.
May 31	USEC discontinues work on its American Centrifuge project unless the Energy Department provides additional funds for the project. Piketon, OH.
June 1	After 9:00 a.m., House of Representatives may begin floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 5325, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
June 1-3	Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attends the Asia Security Summit (Shangri-La Dialogue). Singapore. He will meet with Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the margins of the conference to discus North Korea's nuclear program.
June 2	5:00-8:00 p.m., screening of In My Lifetime: A Presentation of The Nuclear World Project. Triplex Cinema, 70 Railroad St., Great Barrington, MA.
June 2	International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Abolition Day.
June 4	9:00-10:30 a.m., Lt. Gen. Dirk Jameson (retired.), former Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command; Jon Wolfsthal, former member of the National Security Staff; and Trine Flockhart, Danish Institute for International Studies, "Next Phase of U.S.-Russian Nuclear Reductions." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register by May 28 online.
June 4	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation; David Hoffman, author of The Dead Hand; Daniel Kostoval, Czech Foreign Affairs Ministry; and other speakers, "Generation Prague: Learning form the Past--Confronting New Security Challenges." State Department East Auditorium, George Marshall Conference Center, 21st St., NW, between C St. and Virginia Ave., Washington. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Generation Prague">email.
June 4	10:30 a.m.,-noon, Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian nuclear negotiator; and Tarja Cronberg, chair of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Iran, "Preventing a Nuclear-Armed Iran." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register by May 28 online.
June 4	Noon, Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, keynote lunch address. Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register by May 28 online.
June 4	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
June 5	9:00-10:00 a.m., Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, "Inside the Iranian Nuclear Crisis." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington. RSVP online.
June 5	10:00 a.m.-noon, John Holdren, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Andrew Brown, author of Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience; Matthew Evangelista, author of Unarmed Forces; and Steven Miller, Harvard University, "Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences." Sponsored by the Atomic Heritage Foundation and George Washington University. At George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 213, Washington. RSVP online.
June 5	12:30-2:00 p.m., Col. Hans Kühl, retired Chief of the German Army NBC (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) Defense Forces, "Defense Protection Against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats in a Changing Security Environment." National Defense University, Lincoln Hall, Room 1105, 260 Fifth Ave., SW, Fort McNair, Washington. RSVP to Nima Gerami by [email protected]" title="Nima Gerami">email.
June 5	2:00 p.m., House of Representatives resumes floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 5325, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
June 5	2:00-3:00 p.m., Warren Stern, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Homeland Security Department, "The Revolution in Nuclear Detection Affairs." Sponsored by the Federation of American Scientists. Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC-203, Washington. RSVP by June 1 by [email protected]" title="FAS RSVP">email or to Katie Colten at (202) 454-4694.
June 6	8:00-9:00 a.m., Christopher Ford, Hudson Institute, "Verification of Nuclear Agreements," and Jeff Klinger, "North Korean Denuclearization." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 6	1:00-4:00 p.m., Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, National Security Forum. Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC-208, Washington. Register online.
June 6	6:00-8:00 p.m., Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, 50th Anniversary Celebration, with Vice President Joe Biden and other speakers. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
June 7	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Michael Turner (OH), "HASC Perspectives on Strategic Issues." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 8	8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Tom McInerney (retired) and Clare Lopez, "Iran and Terrorism: Material Support from Kohobar Towers to 9/11 and Beyond." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 9-17	House of Representatives recess.
June 10	French National Assembly elections, first round.
June 12	8:00-9:00 a.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council, "Middle East Challenges, Iran and U.S. Security." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 12	Arizona special election to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8).
June 12	30th anniversary of a demonstration by one million people in support of the U.N. Special Session on Disarmament. Central Park, New York.
June 13	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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 13	1:00-3:30 p.m., Heritage Foundation, "10th Anniversary of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Withdrawal," with seven speakers. Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Heritage Foundation website.
June 13	6:30 p.m.-midnight, Judy Gorma, folk artist, and Olivia Gatwood, Poetry Slam artist, "30th Anniversary Event: NYC March and Rally of 1 Million People for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament." Sponsored by Peace Action New York State. DopDop Salon Performance Space, 170 Mercer St., New York. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Peace Action New York Email">email.
June 13	U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue meeting, chaired by Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Washington.
June 13	10th anniversary of withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty by President George W. Bush.
June 14	8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen Jeff Sessions (AL), "Senate Outlook on Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense and Proliferation Threats." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 14-15	NATO Conference on WMD Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Budapest, Hungary.
June 15	8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, former Israeli Ministry of Defense, "Missile Defense and Missile Threats: Middle East Developments." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 17	French National Assembly elections, second round.
June 17-20	Wilton Park, "Verification in the 21st Century: Technological, Political and Institutional Challenges and Opportunities." Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom. Register online.
June 18-19	President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
June 18-19	Iran continues negotiations on its nuclear program with the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany (P5+1). Moscow.
June 18-22	Nuclear Suppliers Group annual meeting. Seattle.
June 20-21	Partnership for Global Security, 2012 Biosecurity Conference. Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St., Boston.
June 20-23	Wilton Park, "Deterrence, Assurance and Reductions: Rebalancing the Nuclear Order." Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom. Register to Susan Bruce by [email protected]" title="Susan Bruce">email.
June 26	6:00-8:00 p.m., Gen. James Cartwright (retired), former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "The Future DoD Budget / Trades That Could be Made." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. At Marriott Residence Inn, 550 Army-Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. RSVP online.
June 27-28	PONI (Project on Nuclear Issues) summer conference at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe, NM. Registration and call for papers online.
June 27-29	State Department hosts a P5 (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States) nuclear weapons verification, transparency and confidence-building conference. Washington.
June 28	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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 28	Sanctions go into effect against any foreign country or company that purchases petroleum products from Iran (22 U.S. Code Sec. 8513a).
June 28	U.S. Navy and U.S. Strategic Command submit to Congress a report on the replacement of the Ohio-class ballistic submarine (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 242).
June 28	Energy Secretary submits to Congress a plan to prevent the proliferation of nuclear and radiological weapons (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 3122).
June 28	25th anniversary of a chemical weapons attack on civilians at Sardasht, Iran by Iraq.
June 29	8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz (retired), Council on Foreign Relations, "Strategic Perspectives." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 29	Conference on Disarmament second part for 2012 ends. Geneva.
June 30-July 8	House and Senate Independence Day recess.
June	Senate Armed Services Committee, votes on the nominations of James Miller to be Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Kathleen Hicks to be Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and Derek Chollet to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (estimates). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June	Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President Obama (estimate). White House, Washington.
June	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC.
June	North Korea conducts its third nuclear test (possible). Punggye-ri, North Korea.
June or July	House of Representatives floor action on the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 5856 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
June or July	Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June or July	Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June or July	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Joseph Macmanus to be ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (estimate). 419 Dickson Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June or July	Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, S. 2465, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
June or July	Obama administration completes the Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study (estimate).
June or July	President Obama submits to Congress a report on how the administration plans to address the shortfall in the appropriations for fiscal year 2012 to meet the 10-year modernization plan for the nuclear weapons complex, required by Condition 9 of the New START Treaty (estimate).
June or July	National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended by Public Law 111-84, Sec. 239).
Summer	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual nuclear stockpile stewardship and management plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a biannual modernization and refurbishment plan for the nuclear security complex (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523a) (delayed; was due May 1).
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 6	50th anniversary of "Storax Sedan," an underground nuclear test conducted at the Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more U.S. residents than any other nuclear test and the Sedan Crater is the largest artificial crater in the United States.
July 10	8:00-9:00 a.m., Donald Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Sustainment." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 11	8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Iran Security Challenges." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 12	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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club. Reserve Officers Club, 1 Constitution Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 13	8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Richard Formica, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Theater and Global Tiered Missile Defense." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 16-20	Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva.
July 18	8:00-9:00 a.m., David Tractenberg, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, "Security Challenges for a New Administration." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 20	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Terry Benedict, Director, Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, "The Trident and Its Contribution to Deterrence." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 20	Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 18.
July 23-25	9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Greg Koblentz, George Mason University and five other speakers, "Pandemics, Bioterrorism, and International Security." George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA. Register online.
July 30	Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 begins. Through Sept. 14. Geneva.
Aug. 1	8:00-9:00 a.m., Steve Henry, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, "Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Defense." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
Aug. 2-9	Japan Council Against A and H Bombs, World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Aug. 3-6	Nuclear Watch New Mexico; Occupy Santa Fe; Pax Christi New Mexico; and Veterans for Peace Santa Fe, "Nuke Free Now." Santa Fe, NM and other locations.
Aug. 4-Sept. 9	House and Senate summer recess.
Aug. 6	Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 9	Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 26-31	Non-aligned Movement summit. Tehran, Iran.
Aug. 27-30	Republican National Convention. Tampa, FL.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
Aug. 30	Time TBA, Mitt Romney gives his presidential acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. Tampa, FL. Broadcast on most TV networks.
Aug.	Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva.
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. 1	Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a biennial report on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2371).
Sept. 3	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 3-6	Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC.
Sept. 6	Time TBA, President Obama gives his presidential acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC. Broadcast on most TV networks.
Sept. 10	Federal departments submit their initial budget requests to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2014 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 4.
Sept. 10	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Sept. 11	8:00-9:00 a.m., John Foster, former director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "Nukes, Missile Defense and U.S. Security." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
Sept. 11	Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 14	Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 ends. Geneva.
Sept. 15-18	House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess.
Sept. 16	Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 18.
Sept. 17-21	International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna.
Sept. 21	International Day of Peace.
Sept. 22-30	House of Representatives Yom Kippur recess.
Sept. 23	20th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear test, "Operation Julin Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site.
Sept. 24	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Sept. 25	~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, webcast on the U.N. website and may be webcast on the White House website.
Sept. 25	Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 26.
Sept.	Center for Energy and Security Studies, Moscow Nonproliferation Conference. Moscow.
Fall	Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 2467, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 1	20th anniversary of Senate ratification of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on a vote of 93-6. The treaty reduced the U.S. and Soviet Union nuclear arsenals from over 10,000 deployed strategic warheads to 6,000 each.
Oct. 1-31	U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations.
Oct. 2	20th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium (Public Law 102-377, Sec. 507).
Oct. 3	Time TBA, first presidential debate. University of Denver.
Oct. 6-13	Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Keep Space for Peace Week.
Oct. 6-Nov. 12	House of Representatives election recess.
Oct. 8	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 11	Time TBA, vice presidential debate. Centre College, Danville, KY.
Oct. 12	5:00 a.m. EDT (11 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 14-28	50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Oct. 16	Time TBA, second presidential debate. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
Oct. 22	Time TBA, third (and last) presidential debate. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL.
Oct. 24	United Nations Day.
Oct. 30	National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.
Oct.	United Sates and Israel hold a joint missile defense exercise, "Austere Challenge 12." Israel and Germany.
Oct.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.
Oct.	Russian navy launches the Yury Dolgoruky, the first submarine to carry the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile. Severodvinsk (on the White Sea), Russia.
Nov. 1	Defense Department submits to Congress a report on the military power of the North Korea (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1236).
Nov. 1	60th anniversary of "Ivy Mike," the first hydrogen bomb test. Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Nov. 6	U.S. Election Day.
Nov. 12	Veterans Day observed (federal holiday).
Nov. 13	Congress returns for a lame-duck session (estimate).
Nov. 15-18	Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day (Nov. 16) and annual meeting (Nov. 15-18). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. Register online.
Nov. 17-26	House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. (The Senate has not announced the dates for its Thanksgiving recess.)
Nov. 22	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov. 26	Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal departments for fiscal year 2014, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 4.
Nov. 26-30	Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands.
Nov. 29	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Nov.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
Dec. 7-10	House of Representatives Hanukkah recess.
Dec. 8	25th anniversary of the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Washington.
Dec. 8	Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 16.
Dec. 10-14	Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva.
Dec. 19	South Korean presidential election.
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
Dec.	Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Interceptor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, against an intermediate-range ballistic missile target launched from Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean.
Dec.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.
Dec.	Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction (tentative). Helsinki.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
TBA	Russian navy test launches the Bulava ballistic missile from the submarine Alexander Nevsky..
2013
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. 2	Office of Management and Budget imposes $109 billion in across-the-board cuts, or sequestration, in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2013, including $55 billion in defense spending, under the Budget Control Act of 2011 (27 U.S. Code Sec. 900) (possible).
Jan. 8	Congress convenes (estimate).
Jan. 20	Noon, President takes the oath of office. Capitol Building, Washington, (The inaugural address and parade will be on Jan. 21.)
Jan. 21	Noon, Presidential inaugural address and parade. Washington.
Jan. 21	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).
Jan. 21	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2013 begins (estimate). Through March 29. Geneva.
Jan. 30	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367).
Jan. 31	President submits to Congress an annual report on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note).
Jan. 31	President 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 gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast, video webcast and audio webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and video webcast on the White House website.
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. 4	~11:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress (estimate). Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.
Feb. 4	~1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary presents the Energy Department budget (estimate). Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website.
Feb. 4	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. 5	President 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. 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 (10 U.S. Code 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).
Feb. 18	Presidents Day (federal holiday).
Feb. 18	U.S.-Russian "Megatons to Megawatts" agreement, managed by USEC, expires.
Feb.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, 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 the Defense Department website.
March 3-5	American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
March 4-8	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
March 6	10th anniversary of the ratification of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), or Moscow Treaty, by the Senate on a vote of 95-0. The treaty reduced the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals from 6,000 deployed strategic nuclear weapons to 2,200 each.
March 16	25th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attacks. Halabjah, Iraq.
March 23	30th anniversary of President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech.
March 25	Passover begins at sundown.
March 29	Good Friday.
March 29	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2013 ends (estimate). Geneva.
March 31	Easter.
March 31	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
Spring	Norwegian government sponsors an international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Oslo.
April 5-8	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Arlington, VA (April 5-7), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (April 8).
April 8-9	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington.
April 9	National Day of Nuclear Technology (date is an estimate). Iran.
April 11	50th anniversary of the encyclical letter Pacem in Terris by Pope John XXIII, which called for an end to the nuclear arms race.
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	State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a(a)). Previous reports are posted on the State Department website.
April 22-May 3	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Geneva.
May 1	Defense Department submits to Congress a biannual report on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense 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 6-10	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
May 11	15th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India.
May 27	Memorial Day (holiday).
May 28	15th anniversary of Pakistan's first nuclear test. Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan.
May-June	President attends the G-8 summit. City TBA, United Kingdom.
June 1	25th anniversary of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty entering into force.
June 3-7	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
June 10	50th anniversary of President Kennedy's commencement address at American University, where he called for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. Washington.
June 10	20th anniversary of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Colin Powell's commencement speech at Harvard University where he said, "And today, I can declare my hope, declare it from the bottom of my heart, that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place."
June	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "CTBT Science, Technology and Innovation 2013," international scientific conference. Vienna.
June	Iranian presidential election.

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