Nuclear Calendar -- March 29, 2012 | FCNL
March 29, 2012 | Back to regular view |
March 26- April 5 | Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, meets with arms control officials in Vienna, Moscow, Tallinn and London. |
March 29 | 9:00 a.m., House of Representatives finishes floor action on the budget resolution for fiscal year 2013, H.Con.Res. 112. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
March 29 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of James Miller to be Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, and other nominations. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 29 | Noon-1:00 p.m. EST (17:00-18:00 BST), Nick Redman, International Institute for Strategic Studies (London); William Potter, Monterey Institute; and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Monterey Institute, webinar on the book launch of Nuclear Politics and the Non-Aligned Movement. Sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. RSVP online. |
March 29 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., Jan Lodal, former Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, “The Next Step in Arms Control: A Nuclear Control Regime.” Cosponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Daisy Alliance. Georgia Institute of Technology, Wardlaw Center, Gordy Room, 177 North Ave., Atlanta. RSVP online. |
March 29 | 4:30-8:30 p.m., Helen Caldicott, former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, address with the awarding of the John C. and Chara C Haas Award for International Peace and Social Justice. Sponsored by the Project for Nuclear Awareness. WHYY Hamilton Public Commons, Independence Mall West, 150 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia. Register online. |
March 29 | President Obama determines whether the price and supply of oil is sufficient for foreign countries and companies to reduce significantly their purchases of oil from Iran (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1245). |
March 30 | 1:30-3:00 p.m., National Academy of Sciences releases its report on The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty--Technical Issues for the United States. National Academies Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
March 30 | Conference on Disarmament first part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
March 30-April 15 | House and Senate spring recess. (Senate recess begins March 31.) |
March 31 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110). |
March or April | Senate floor vote on the nomination of Mark Lippert to Assistant Defense Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (possible). |
March or April | 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) (estimate). |
March or April | Israel Aerospace Industries test launches an Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptor (estimate). Palmachim Air Force Base, Israel. |
April 2 | 12:15-1:45 p.m., Bradley Roberts, Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, "Implementing the 2012 Nuclear Posture Review." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. RSVP online. |
Week of April 2 or 9 | International Atomic Energy Agency resumes inspections of North Korea's nuclear sites (estimate). |
April 2-20 | U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. |
April 3 | 9:00-10:30 a.m., William Walker, University of St. Andrews, "The Scottish Question and the Future of U.K. Nuclear Forces." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
April 4 | 3:00 p.m., Screening of In My Lifetime. Goethe Institut, 812 Seventh St., NW, Washington. |
April 4 | 4:00-5:30 p.m., Alan Robock, Rutgers University, "Climatic Consequences of Nuclear Conflict: Nuclear Winter Still a Threat." University of California, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles. |
April 5 | 6:30-8:00 p.m., Colin Kahl, Georgetown University, and Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University, "The Iran Sanctions and Military Intervention." Sponsored by the World Affairs Council. At the University of California-Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
April 5 | Third anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons. |
April 6 | 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Peter Lyons, Assistant Energy Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and other speakers, "Teaching the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: What Policymakers, Practitioners and the Public Need to Know." George Washington University, State Room, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
April 6 | Good Friday. |
April 6 | Passover begins at sundown. Through April 13. |
April 8 | Easter. |
April 8 | Second anniversary of the signing of the New START Treaty by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Prague. |
April 9 | National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran. |
Week of April 9 or 16 | India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile (tentative). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
April 10 | 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Laura Holgate, Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction, National Security Council, "2012 Nuclear Security Summit: An After Action Report." National Defense University, 300 Fifth Ave., SW, Lincoln Hall, Room 1105, Washington. RSVP to Nima Gerami by |
April 10-12 | U.S. Army War College Annual Strategy Conference, "The Future of U.S. Grand Strategy in an Age of Austerity: Challenges and Opportunity." U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. RSVP online. |
April 11 | Noon, Jennifer Smyser, Stanley Foundation, "The Bomb and Terrorists: the Importance of Global Nuclear Security." Sponsored by the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council. Congregational Church, 30 North Clinton St., Iowa City, IA. |
April 11 | South Korean National Assembly elections. |
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 12-16 | North Korea launches an Unha-2 rocket carrying the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 satellite. Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, Cholsan, North Korea. |
April 13 | Iran resumes negotiations with the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany (P5+1) on its nuclear program. Ankara, Turkey; Brussels or Geneva. |
April 16 | 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Sam Nunn/Bank of America Policy Forum: Energy and Security: Global Challenges, Local Opportunities. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Register online. |
April 16 | 25th anniversary of the Missile Technology Control Regime. |
Week of April 16 or 23 | Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution for fiscal year 2013. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
April 17 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Senate Perspectives on Iran, Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
April 17 | 3:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the nuclear enterprise, with witnesses TBA. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
April 17 | Global Day of Action on Military Spending. |
April 18-20 | 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), "2012 PONI Spring Conference." Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. |
April 21 | 12:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, march against the Uranium Processing Facility. From A.K. Bissell Park, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN, to the Y-12 National Security Complex gate. |
April 22 | French presidential election (first round). |
Week of April 23 | 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. Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be webcast on the committee website depending on room location. |
Week of April 23 | House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
April 24 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gary Samore, White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism, "WMD Proliferation Challenges " Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
April 26 | 6:00 p.m., Stephen Daggett, Congressional Research Service, "Macro Scale DoD Budget Issues before Congress." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. At Marriott Residence Inn, 550 Army-Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. RSVP online. |
April 28-May 6 | House and Senate recess. |
April 29 | 15th anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention entering into force. Also the due date for the United States and Russia to destroy their remaining stocks of chemical weapons. Both countries will miss the due date. |
April 30 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Jurgen Scheffran, International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES); David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Rob van Riet, World Future Council (WFC), "Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change." Sponsored by INES and WFC. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
April 30-May 11 | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Vienna. |
April | President Obama approves the Defense Department's Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study (tentative). |
April or May | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Kathleen Hicks to be Principal Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
April or May | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Derek Chollet to be Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
April or May | 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. |
Late April or May | House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
Late April or May | House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill. Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. Not webcast. |
Late April or May | House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Late April or May | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Late April or May | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Late April or May | Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Late April or May | Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
May 1 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Pillsbury, former Assistant Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Planning, "PRC Strategic Options," and Stephen Blank, U.S. Army War College, "Russia, The Once and Future Nuclear Power." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
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 biannual modernization and refurbishment plan for the nuclear security complex (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523a). |
May 2 | 3:00-5:30 p.m., Peter Weiss, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), and five other speakers "Nuclear Weapons Convention." Sponsored by IALANA, the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
May 3-4 | Russian Defense Ministry holds an international conference on missile defense. Moscow. |
May 4 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Michael Turner (OH), "HASC Perspectives on Strategic Issues." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 4 | 3:00-5:50 p.m., Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation; Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; and Subrata Ghoshroy, MIT, "The Modernization of the Nuclear Arsenals: A New Arms Race?" Sponsored by International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
May 6 | French presidential election (second round if needed). |
May 7 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Peter Becker, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA); Jean Marie Collin; Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; and Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists, "Nuclear Weapons in Europe and Nuclear Sharing." Sponsored by IALANA and the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
May 7 | Vladimir Putin takes office as Russian president. Moscow. |
Week of May 7 or 14 | Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
Week of May 7 or 14 | Senate 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. 232-A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
Week of May 7 or 14 | Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232-A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
May 9 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Robert Joseph, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "Nuclear Proliferation, Missile Defense and U.S. Security Policy." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 9-10 | National Defense University, WMD Center Annual Symposium. National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington. Register online. |
May 10 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, "Global Strike Command, Deterrence and U.S. Strategic Policy." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 11 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Policy and Verification Operations, "European Phased Adaptive Approach and NATO Missile Defense." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 11 | 14th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India. |
May 14 | Conference on Disarmament second part for 2012 begins. Through June 29. Geneva. |
May 14-16 | Institute of Nuclear Materials and Management, "Evolving the IAEA State-Level Concept." University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Register online. |
Week of May 14 | House of Representatives floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
May 17 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Trent Franks (AZ), "EMP Solar Storms, Protecting the GRID and Missile Defense." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 18 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. William Chambers, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force, "Strategic Modernization Challenges." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 18-19 | President Obama hosts a G-8 summit. Camp David, MD. |
May 18-19 | American Friends Service Committee, Peace Action and other organizations, NATO Counter-summit Conference. People's Church of Chicago, 941 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago. |
May 19-29 | House of Representatives Memorial Day recess. |
May 20-21 | President Obama hosts a NATO summit. Chicago. Adoption of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the agenda. |
May 23 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Mark Schneider and Tom Scheber, National Institute for Public Policy, "Russian Nuclear Developments." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 24 | 3:30-5:00 p.m., Alexandre Debs, Yale University, and Nuno Monteiro, Yale University, "The Strategic Logic of Nuclear Proliferation." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
May 24 | 10th anniversary of the signing of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, SORT, or Moscow Treaty, by President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow. |
May 25 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Larry Welch (retired), former Air Force Chief of Staff, "ICBM and Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 26-June 3 | Senate Memorial Day recess. |
May 28 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
May 28 | 14th anniversary of the first Pakistani nuclear test, "Chagai I." Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan. |
May | USEC may close its Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, used for uranium enrichment. Paducah, KY. |
May or June | House of Representatives floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
June 2 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Abolition Day. |
June 4 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
June 6 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Chris Ford, former Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, "Verification of Nuclear Agreements," and Jeff Klinger, "North Korean Denuclearization." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 6 | 50th anniversary of the Council for a Livable World. Washington. |
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 Breakfast Series at 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 Breakfast Series at 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 | 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 Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
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 Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 17 | French National Assembly elections (second round). |
June 18-19 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. |
June 18-22 | Nuclear Suppliers Group annual meeting. Seattle. |
June 22 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz (retired), Council on Foreign Relations, "Strategic Perspectives." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
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 Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
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 | Sanctions go into effect against any foreign country or company that purchases petroleum products from Iran from this date on (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1245). |
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 | Conference on Disarmament second part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
June 30-July 8 | House and Senate Independence Day recess. |
June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
June | Russian Yury Dolgoruky is launched. It is the first submarine to carry the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile. Severodvinsk (on the White Sea), Russia. |
Summer | North Korea resumes six-party talks on its nuclear program with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and United States (possible). Beijing. |
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 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 Breakfast Series at 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 Breakfast Series at 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 Breakfast Series at 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 Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
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. 27-30 | Republican National Convention. Tampa, FL. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
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. 8-9 | President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Vladivostok, Russia. |
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 Breakfast Series at 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 | 15th anniversary of the submission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to the Senate. Although the treaty was defeated in 1999, it remains on the Senate calendar. |
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. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
Sept. | Non-aligned Movement summit. Tehran, Iran. |
Sept. | Center for Energy and Security Studies, Moscow Nonproliferation Conference. Moscow. |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 1 | 20th anniversary of Senate ratification of START I on a vote of 93-6. |
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-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.-Dec. | 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). |
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. Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Nov. 6 | U.S. Election Day. |
Nov. 12 | Veterans Day observed (federal holiday). |
Nov. 15-18 | Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day (Nov. 15) and annual meeting (Nov. 15-18). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. |
Nov. 17-26 | House of Representatives 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. 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. |
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. 14 | Congress adjourns (tentative). |
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. | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction. 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. 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 (Budget Control Act of 2011, Public Law 112-25). |
Jan. 21 | Inaugural address and parade. Washington. (The actual oath of office will be taken on Sunday, Jan. 20.) |
Jan. 21 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
Jan. 30 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367). |
Feb. 18 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 18 | U.S.-Russian "Megatons to Megawatts" agreement 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 | Energy Secretary submits to Congress a report on nuclear test readiness 50 U.S. Code 2528. |
March 3-5 | American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
March 6 | 10th anniversary of the ratification of SORT (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty), or Moscow Treaty, by the Senate on a vote of 95-0. |
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 29 | Good Friday. |
March 31 | Easter. |
April 8-9 | Carnegie nuclear conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
April-May | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. United Nations. |
TBA | Israeli general election (by Oct. 2013). |
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