Nuclear Calendar-- August 23, 2012 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation
August 23, 2012 |
Aug. 4-Sept. 9 | House and Senate summer recess. |
Aug. 23 | 5:30-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Courtyard Marriott, 3347 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe, NM. |
Aug. 23 | Duyeon Kim, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, "North Korea's Nuclear Problems, the U.S.-Asia Pivot and Implications for Northeast Asian Security." Joint workshop sponsored by Fudan University, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, Pudong Academy of Reform and Development, and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea. Shanghai. |
Aug. 24 | European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton continues negotiations with Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Iran's nuclear programs. Vienna. |
Aug. 26-31 | Non-aligned Movement summit. Tehran, Iran. |
Aug. 27-28 | Project on Nuclear Issues and the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, "Meeting of the Next Generation of Turkish and U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Experts." Ankara, Turkey. For information and to apply, contact Stephanie Spies by |
Aug. 27-30 | Republican National Convention. Tampa, FL. |
Aug. 27-30 | Kazakhstan Parliament, and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, "From a Nuclear Test Ban to a Nuclear-weapons-free World," international conference. Astana and Semey, Kazakhstan. For information, contact Alyn Ware by |
Aug. 28 | 5:30-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Pecos River Village Conference Center, 711 Muscatel Rd., Carlsbad, NM. |
Aug. 28-29 | Global Partnership (Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction) Working Group meeting. Stockholm. |
Aug. 29 | Diplomats from Japan and North Korea meet. Beijing. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. 30 | Time TBA, Mitt Romney gives his presidential acceptance speech at theRepublican National Convention. Tampa, FL. Broadcast on most TV networks. |
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. 2-5 | Wilton Park, "Global Constituencies in the NPT Regime: How to Build Consensus for 2015?" Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom. By invitation only. Contact Mark Smith by |
Sept. 3 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 3-6 | Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC. |
Week of Sept. 3 | India test launches its nuclear-capable Agni III intermediate-range ballistic missile. Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
Sept. 3-7 | The Hague Week on Disarmament and Non-proliferation. Various locations. The Hague, Netherlands. |
Sept. 4 | 5:30-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. North Augusta Municipal Center, 100 Georgia Ave., North August, GA. |
Sept. 6 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., U.N. General Assembly, Observance of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, with U.N. Secretary-General Ban-ki Moon and eight other speakers. U.N. Headquarters, North Lawn Building, Conference Room 4. |
Sept. 6 | 6:00-8:00 p.m., Stephen David, Johns Hopkins University, "Apocalypse Now?: Iran's Nuclear Threat to Israel and What Can Be Done About It." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. Residence Inn Arlington Pentagon City, 550 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. RSVP online. |
Sept. 6 | Time TBA, President Obama gives his presidential acceptance speech at theDemocratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC. Broadcast on most TV networks. |
Sept. 6 | President Obama submits a report to congress on the impact of sequestration on each department (Public Law 112-155). |
Sept. 6-8 | Center for Energy and Security Studies, Moscow Nonproliferation Conference. Moscow. RSVP online. |
Sept. 7 | 10:00 a.m.-noon, Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council; Mustafa Kibaroglu, Okan University, Istanbul; Monica Herz, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Michael Adler, former correspondent for Agence France-Presse; Robert Litwak, Wilson Center, "Will the Ongoing Nuclear Talks with Iran Yield Better Results than Past Efforts?" Wilson Center, Fifth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 8-9 | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation economic leaders meeting. Vladivostok, Russia. (President Obama is not attending.) |
Sept. 9 | 6:30-8:00 p.m., Sue Wareham, physician and peace activist from Canberra, Australia, "Nuclear Weapons Abolition: Why Not Now?" Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility. All Souls Church, Unitarian, 1500 Harvard St., NW, Washington. |
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 | 5:30-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Chattanooga Convention Center, 1150 Carter St., Chattanooga, TN. |
Sept. 11 | Duyeon Kim, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, "International Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Materials Security." Part of the Columbus State University Hallock Series. Columbus State University, Columbus, GA. |
Sept. 11 | Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
Sept. 12 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hearing on receive testimony on , the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012, S. 3469, witnesses TBA. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website. |
Sept. 12 | 10:00 a.m., House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on "Department of Energy's (DOE) Nuclear Weapons Complex: Challenges to Safety, Security and Taxpayer Stewardship," with Daniel Poneman, Deputy Energy Secretary; Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Glenn Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer, DOE; Gregory Friedman, Inspector General, DOE; and Gene Aloise, Government Accountability Office. 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Sept. 13 | 8:00 a.m.-noon, Reserve Officers Association and other organizations, "U.S. Strategic Triad," with 10 speakers. Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Reserve Officers Association, One Constitution Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 13 | 12:15-1:30 p.m., Milton Leitenberg, University of Maryland "The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History." University of Maryland, 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD. |
Sept. 13 | 5:30-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Calhoun Community College, Aerospace Building, 6250 Highway 31 North, Tanner, AL. |
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. |
Week of Sept. 17 | House and Senate floor action on a Continuing Resolution for the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2013, though March 31 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast onC-SPAN and C-SPAN2. |
Sept. 20 | Noon-1:00 p.m., Walter Pincus, Washington Post, "National Security and the Election: Who Cares?" Center for National Policy, One Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 333, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 20 | PIR Center (Russian Center for Policy Studies) and the Austrian Foreign Ministry, "Seminar on the Future of Nuclear Weapons Reduction." Moscow. |
Sept. 21 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., James Miller, 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. |
Sept. 21 | International Day of Peace. |
Sept. 22 | 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, 25th anniversary celebration. Good Shepard Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle, WA. Registeronline. |
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. 24 | 16th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by 65 countries including the United States, China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom. United Nations. |
Sept. 25 | ~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. 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. 26 | 12:30-1:30 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "The Last U.S. Nuclear Test--20 Years Later: Status and Prospects for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty." American Security Project, 1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 710W, Conference Room E, Washington. RSVP by Sept. 24 by |
Sept. 30 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues license for the GE Laser Enrichment Facility, Wilmington, NC. |
Sept. | House of Representatives floor action on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act, H.R. 5987, on the suspension calendar (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
Sept. | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Rear Adm. James Syring to be Missile Defense Agency director (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Sept. | Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, markup of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act. S. 3300 (estimate). 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Sept. | 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 thecommittee website. |
Sept. | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Richard Olson to be ambassador to Pakistan (estimate). 419 Dickson Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Sept. | Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Turkey and UAE) meeting of foreign ministers on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly. New York. |
Sept. or Nov. | Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 3254, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Fall | National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended byPublic Law 111-84, Sec. 239) (delayed). |
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 | 1:00-5:00 p.m. and 6:30-9:00 p.m., Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,public meeting and hearing on the Y-12 National Security Complex. Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St., Knoxville, TN. |
Oct. 2 | 20th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium (Public Law 102-377, Sec. 507). |
Oct. 3 | 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT (7:00-8:30 p.m. MDT), first presidential debate. University of Denver. The debate will focus on domestic policy. |
Oct. 4 | PIR Center (Russian Center for Policy Studies), "2012 Conference on the Middle East Free Zone of Weapons of Mass Destruction--Searching for Solutions." Moscow. |
Oct. 5 | 6:00 p.m., Gene Poteat, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, "The Precipice of Nuclear Annihilation: Through the Eyes of the Cuban Missile Crisis--50 Years Later." Institute of World Politics, 1521 16th St., NW, Washington. RSVP to Katie Bridges by |
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. (The Senate has not announced the dates for its election recess.) |
Oct. 8 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Oct. 9 | Transform Now Plowshares activists go on trial for trespass at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, TN. U.S. District Count for Eastern Tennessee, U.S. Courthouse, 800 Market St., Suite 130, Knoxville, TN. |
Oct. 11 | 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, vice presidential debate. Centre College, Danville, KY. |
Oct. 12 | 5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
Oct. 14-28 | 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
Oct. 16 | 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, second presidential debate. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. The debate will focus on domestic and foreign policy issues. |
Oct. 18 | 6:00-8:00 p.m., Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institute, "Foreign Policy and National Security Policy Strategies of the Presidential Candidates." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. Residence Inn Arlington Pentagon City, 550 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. RSVP online. |
Oct. 22 | 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, third (and last) presidential debate. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL. The debate will focus on foreign policy issues. |
Oct. 24 | United Nations Day. |
Oct. 30 | National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. |
Oct. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
Oct. or Nov. | United States and Israel hold a joint missile defense exercise, "Austere Challenge 12." Israel and Germany. |
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 the "Ivy Mike" nuclear test, the first hydrogen bomb test. Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. |
Nov. 6 | U.S. Election Day. |
Nov. 6 | Kansas City, MO, vote on a citizen’s initiative to bar city financing for nuclear weapons facilities (tentative). |
Nov. 9 | 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Federation of American Scientists, Symposium on Preventing Catastrophic Threats. National Press Club, Ballroom, 529 14th St., NW, Washington |
Nov. 12 | Veterans Day observed (federal holiday). |
Nov. 12-23 | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Around the Globe and Around the Clock: The Science and Technology of the CTBT." Vienna International Centre, Vienna. Course presented in person and webcast. RSVP online. |
Nov. 13 | Congress returns for a lame-duck session (estimate). |
Nov. 14 | Time TBA, U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, toward the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean. |
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. 19 | University of London, Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. Brunei Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. London. RSVP online. |
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. |
Nov. | Russian navy test launches the Bulava ballistic missile from the submarineAlexander Nevsky. |
Nov. or Dec. | Obama administration completes the Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study (estimate). |
Nov. or Dec. | President Obama submits to Congress a plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1043) (delayed; was due Feb. 13). |
Nov. or Dec. | 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). |
Dec. 4-6 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission, International Regulators Conference on Nuclear Security. Rockville, MD. Registration by Nov. 9 online. |
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 fromVandenberg 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. |
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 theWhite 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 theSurplus 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 theDefense 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 | Fourth anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons. |
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 theState 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 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 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 24 | 65th anniversary of beginning of the Berlin Blockade. |
June | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "CTBT Science, Technology and Innovation 2013," international scientific conference. Vienna. |
June | Iranian presidential election. |
July 3 | 20th anniversary of President Clinton's announcement that he would extend the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 10 | Ramadan begins at sundown. |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July | U.S.-Russian umbrella agreement for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program expires. |
Aug. 5 | 50th anniversary of the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and United States. Moscow. |
Aug. 6 | Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
Aug. 9 | Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. 30 | Japanese parliamentary elections (or earlier). |
Aug. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories. |
Aug. | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
Sept. 2 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 4 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. |
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