Nuclear Calendar -- August 15, 2011 (FCNL)

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Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation -- August 15, 2011

May 20-Aug. 28 International Center of Photography, "Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945" exhibit. 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York.

Aug. 1-Sept. 6 House of Representatives summer recess.

Aug. 2-Sept. 5 Senate summer recess.

Aug. 15 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (MD); Peter Pry, EMPact America; Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy; and Drew Miller, author, Rohan Nation: Reinventing America After the 2020 Collapse, "National EMP Recognition Day: The Threat That Can't Be Ignored." Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. Video webcast on theHeritage website.

Aug. 15-16 Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev meets with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, and other Iranian officials. Tehran, Iran. Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant and nuclear program are on the agenda.

Aug. 16 10:15 a.m., National Defense University and CNN, "A Conversation with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta." National Defense University, Fort McNair, Lincoln Hall, 260 Fifth Ave., SW, Washington (news media only). Broadcast on CNN, and video webcast on the State Department website and Defense Department website.

Aug. 16 Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Moscow. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda.

Aug. 17-22 Vice President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Vice President Xi Jinping and Premier Wen Jiabao. Beijing.

Aug. 18 Nuclear Free Future, "Walk Away from Uranium Mining," a 10-week walk through western Australia to oppose uranium mining. Through Oct. 30.

Aug. 19 6:30-9:00 p.m., Lawrence Wittner, University at Albany, SUNY, "How Peace Activists Saved the World from Nuclear War." Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility. 1515 16th Ave., San Francisco. RSVP to Tom Hall by email.

Aug. 22 3:00-5:00 p.m., Megan Ansdell, Booz Allen Hamilton; Laura Lopez, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; and Daniel Hendrickson, Aerospace Industries Association, "Analyzing the Development Paths of Emerging Space Nations: Opportunities or Challenges for Space Sustainability?" Secure World Foundation, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by Aug. 18 by email.

Week of Aug. 22 or 29 Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant begins production (possible; has been delayed may times). Bushehr, Iran.

Week of Aug. 22 or 29 Russian Navy test launches a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine (tentative). From the White Sea toward the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

Aug. 23 12:30-2:00 p.m., Nima Gerami, National Defense University, "Nuclear Safety in Iran, Post-Fukushima." National Defense University, Fort McNair, Lincoln Hall, Room 1105, 260 Fifth Ave., SW, Washington. RSVP to Amanda Ducasse by email or at [phone].

Aug. 29 International Day Against Nuclear Tests, on the 20th anniversary of the closure ofSemipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan, the main Soviet nuclear test site.

Aug. Missile Defense Agency tests the Airborne Laser (possible). Edwards Air Force Base, CA, and San Nicolas Island, CA.

Aug. Russia and United States hold a joint nuclear counter-terrorism exercise, named "Crimson Rider." Camp Guernsey, WY.

Sept. 1 2:00-5:00 p.m., Erlan Idrissov, Kazakh Ambassador; Sen. Harry Reid (NV); Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV); Olzhas Suleimenov, Kazakh poet and founder of the Nevada-Semipalatinsk Anti-Nuclear Movement; and other speakers, "Two Decades Without Nuclear Weapons Testing." Sponsored by Embassy of Kazakhstan, Atomic Testing Museum and Global Green USA. Atomic Testing Museum, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV. RSVP by
Aug. 26 to the Atomic Testing Museum by email.

Sept. 1 President Obama submits to Congress an annual Global Nuclear Security report on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (22 U.S. Code Sec. 3244 note).

Sept. 5 Labor Day (holiday).

Sept. 5 Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency,meets with representatives from Arab states to discuss a conference in 2012 on a nuclear weapon-free Middle East. Vienna, Austria.

Sept. 6 David Petraeus takes office as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (estimate).

Sept. 7 8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT (5:00-7:00 p.m. PDT), Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast on NBC and video webcast onPOLITICO.

Sept. 8-9 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) fall conference, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA.

Sept. 11 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Sept. 12 U.N. 1540 Committee visits the United States to review its implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540. Washington. The resolution requires countries to develop and enforce measures against the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons.

Sept. 12 8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT (estimate), Republican presidential debate. Tampa, FL. Broadcast and video webcast on CNN.

Sept. 12-16 International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.

Week of Sept. 12 Federal departments submit their initial budget requests to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2013 (tentative). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 6.

Sept. 13 Nevada special election to replace former Rep., and now Sen., Dean Heller (NV-2) and New York special election to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY-9).

Sept. 14 8:00-9:00 a.m., John Foster, member, Strategic Posture Commission, "Maintaining and Modernizing the Nuclear Enterprise." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 13, to Elma Rhue by email.

Sept. 14 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Connect U.S. Fund, "Community-Wide Meeting," with Sen. John Kerry (MA); Paul Begala, former CNN Crossfire co-host; Michael Gerson, Washington Post; and other speakers. Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by Sept. 7 online.

Sept. 15 8:00-9:00 a.m., James Miller, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, "Nukes, Missile Defense and U.S. Security." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 14, to Elma Rhue by email.

Sept. 16 8:00-9:00 a.m., Peppi DeBiaso, Director, Office of Missile Defense Policy, Defense Department, "Missile Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 15, to Elma Rhue by email.

Sept 16 Due date for the first Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction meeting. Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. May be broadcast on CNN, and broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 or C-SPAN3.

Sept. 16 Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 ends. Geneva.

Sept. 16-17 International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons conference, Geneva.

Sept. 18-20 Women's Action for New Directions and Women Legislators' Lobby conference and lobby day. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington.

Sept. 19 7:00-8:30 p.m., United for Peace and Justice, screening of The Forgotten Bomb. St. Joseph Greenwich Village Parish House, Assembly Room, 371 Sixth Ave., New York.

Sept. 19-23 International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna, Austria.

Week of Sept. 19 Nonproliferation and Disarmament Initiative, composed of Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, meeting of foreign ministers (estimate). United Nations.

Sept. 20 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on a draftSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd., North Las Vegas, NV.

Sept. 21 3:01-9:01 a.m. PDT (estimate), U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman IIIintercontinental ballistic missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.

Sept. 21 8:00-9:00 a.m., Joseph DeTrani, Director, National Counterproliferation Center, "U.S. Proliferation Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 20, to Elma Rhue by email.

Sept. 21 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on a draftSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Pahrump Nugget, 681 S. Highway 160, Pahrump, NV.

Sept. 21 International Day of Peace.

Sept. 22 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convenes a High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Safety and Security. United Nations. Video webcast on the United Nations website.

Sept. 22 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on Iranian Press TV and video webcast on the U.N. website.

Sept. 22 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on a draftSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Courtyard by Marriott, 185 S. 1470 East, St. George, UT.

Sept. 22 8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT (estimate), Republican presidential debate. Orlando, FL. Broadcast on Fox News.

Sept. 23 U.N. Conference for Promoting the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). United Nations. Video webcast on the United Nations website.

Sept. 23 19th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear weapon test, "Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site.

Sept. 24 2:00 p.m., memorial service for former Sen. Mark Hatfield (OR). State Capitol, Salem, OR. Hatfield was a leader of the nuclear freeze movement and the Senate champion of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium in 1992.

Sept. 24 15th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations.

Sept. 24-Oct. 2 House and Senate Rosh Hashanah recess.

Sept. 26 President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations (estimate). Broadcast on CNN, video webcast on the U.N. website and may be video webcast on the White House website.

Sept. 26 International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.

Sept. 26-30 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bruce MacDonald, U.S. Institute of Peace, and other speakers, "Advanced Issues in Nuclear Nonproliferation." U.S. Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington. Register online.

Week of Sept. 26 House and Senate floor action on a continuing resolution for appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013, which begins Oct. 1 (estimates). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2.

Sept. 27 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on a draftSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Convention Center, 301 Brougher Ave., Tonopah, NV.

Sept. 27 20th anniversary of President George H.W. Bush's Presidential Nuclear Initiative to reduce unilaterally U.S. nuclear weapons, including cancellation of the MX rail-garrison and short-range attack missile (SRAM II) programs and the withdrawal of all remaining Army ground-based tactical nuclear weapons and Navy tactical nuclear weapons worldwide. He also ended the 24-hour alert status of B-1B and
B-52 bombers.

Sept. 28 Noon, Duyeon Kim, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, "2012 Nuclear Security Summit--The Korean Twist." Korea Economic Institute, 1800 K St., NW, Suite 1010, Washington. RSVP online.

Sept. 28 5:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on a draftSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV.

Sept. 28 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 30.

Sept. House Appropriations Committee, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website.

Sept. House of Representatives floor action on the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2012, H.R. 2583 (possible). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN.

Sept. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 2219 (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building Washington. May be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on location.

Sept. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 2354, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building Washington. May be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on location.

Sept. Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 2354, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building Washington. May be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.orgdepending on location.

Sept. Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Ashton Carter to be Deputy Defense Secretary (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and may be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on location.

Sept. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Wendy Sherman to be Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee websiteand audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.

Sept. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Mike McFaul to be ambassador to Russia (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast onCapitolHearings.org.

Sept. National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC.

Sept. National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.

Sept. or Oct. Senate floor action on the nominations of Thomas Countryman to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation and Sung Kim to be ambassador to South Korea (estimates).

Sept. or Oct. Defense Department completes a strategic review on implementing the president's April proposal to reduce security spending by $400 billion over 12 years(estimate).

Fall Senate Foreign Relations Committee, markup of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013, S. 1426 (possible). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.

Fall National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a review by the National Academy of Sciences of the national security laboratories (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3131).

Fall National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (estimate).

Fall National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and to Congress on boost-phase missile defense (estimate) (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended by Public Law 111-84, Sec. 239).

Fall National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Improving Metrics for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (estimate).

Oct. 1 Federal budget year begins.

Oct. 1 Adm. Mike Mullen retires as Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Martin Dempsey takes office.

Oct. 3-Nov. 1 U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations.

Oct. 4 5:00-7:00 p.m., American Friends Service Committee, opening reception for the art exhibit "With Hiroshima Eyes" by Junko Kayashige, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA.

Oct. 6 6:00-8:30 p.m., Helen Caldicott, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, "The Medical Implications of the Nuclear Age." Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility and USF College of Public Health. At the University of South Florida, College of Public Health Auditorium, Tampa, FL.

Oct. 7 5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced. Oslo, Norway.

Oct. 7 Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Oct. 8.

Oct. 7-10 House and Senate Yom Kippur-Columbus Day recess.

Oct. 8-10 Global Zero Student Institute. Los Angeles. Applications due Sept. 1. Registration form online.

Oct. 9 Fifth anniversary of North Korea's first nuclear test, near Kilchu, North Korea.

Oct. 10 Columbus Day (federal holiday).

Oct. 11 8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT (estimate), Republican presidential debate, focusing on economic issues. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Broadcast and video webcast on Bloomberg TV.

Oct. 11-12 25th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit between President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on nuclear arms reductions. Reykjavik, Iceland.

Oct. 11-12 Global Zero summit. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA.

Oct. 11-13 International Forum for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World. Astana, Kazakhstan.

Oct. 14 Due date for House and Senate committees to make recommendations to the Joint Selection Committee on Deficit Reduction on reducing the deficit.

Oct. 15-23 House of Representatives recess.

Oct. 18 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Las Vegas, NV. Broadcast on CNN.

Oct. 21-22 American Friends Service Committee and other organizations, "Peace in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Asia-Pacific Militarization." American University, Kay Spiritual Life Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington.

Oct. 22-30 Senate recess.

Oct. 24 University of London, London Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. London.

Oct. 24 United Nations Day.

Oct. 27 4:00-5:30 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, "From the Manhattan Project to the Cloud: Arms Control in the Information Age." Stanford University, Oak Lounge, Tresidder Memorial Union, Palo Alto, CA.

Oct. 27 Due date on comments on a draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. Comments can be made online.

Oct. 30 National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.

Oct. 31 Due date for comments on Energy Department's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future draft report. Comments can be submitted online.

Oct. National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on theSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.

Oct. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory director George Miller retires. Livermore, CA.

Oct. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hold a second round of talkswith China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States to discuss establishment of a Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty. United Nations.

Oct. Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction meeting of the Global Partnership Working Group. Paris.

Oct. or Nov. Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1253, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2.

Oct.-Dec. Russian Navy test launches a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine. From the White Sea toward the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

Nov. 3-4 President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cannes, France.

Nov. 3-6 Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day and annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington.

Nov. 5-13 House of Representatives Veterans Day recess.

Nov. 7-9 U.N.-South Korea Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju, South Korea.

Nov. 8 U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi and numerous mayoral races.

Nov. 8 Kansas City, MO, ballot initiative to prohibit nuclear weapons parts production at the new National Nuclear Security Administration plant in Kansas City (possible).

Nov. 11 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperationforeign ministers meeting. Hawai'i Convention Center, Honolulu.

Nov. 11 Veterans Day (federal holiday).

Nov. 12-13 President Obama hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Hawai'i Convention Center, Honolulu.

Nov. 17-18 International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.

Nov. 19 President Obama attends an East Asia Summit. Bali, Indonesia. President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao may meet on the sidelines of the summit.

Nov. 19 15th anniversary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. Vienna, Austria.

Nov. 19-28 House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess.

Nov. 23 Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction marks up legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years (possible). Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. Probably broadcast on CNN,
and broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 or C-SPAN3.

Nov. 23 Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal departments for fiscal year 2013, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 6.

Nov. 24 Thanksgiving (holiday).

Nov. 26 20th anniversary of the last British nuclear weapon test, "Bristol." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site.

Nov. 28-Dec. 2 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands.

Nov. 29-Dec. 1 Arab Institute for Security Studies (ACIS), "Laying the Grounds for 2012--Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security." Amman, Jordan. For information, contact ACIS by email.

Dec. 4 Russian Duma elections.

Dec. 5-22 Biological Weapons Convention review conference. Geneva

Dec. 10 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. City TBA, IA. Broadcast on ABC.

Dec. 12 20th anniversary of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Public Law 102-228, Title II).

Week of Dec. 12 or 19 House and Senate floor debate on the deficit reduction legislation of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, with final House and Senate floor votes on Dec. 23. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2.

Dec. 13 10th anniversary of President George W. Bush's announcement of U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

Dec. 13 20th anniversary of the Quadripartite Agreement, between Argentina, Brazil, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, allowing full-scope IAEA safeguards of Argentine and Brazilian nuclear facilities.

Dec. 20 Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 28.

Dec. 22 First anniversary of the ratification of the New START Treaty by the Senate on a vote of 71 to 26.

Dec. 23 Due date for House and Senate floor votes on the deficit reduction legislation of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Broadcast and video webcast onC-SPAN and C-SPAN2.

Dec. 25 Christmas (holiday)

Dec. 26 Christmas observed (federal holiday).

Dec. 26 20th anniversary of the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Early Dec. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a G-8 foreign ministers meeting. Kuwait.

Dec. President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (estimate). Moscow. Further nuclear arms reductions and missile defense cooperation are on the agenda.

Dec. India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile (possible). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India.

Dec. or Jan. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Washington (estimate).

TBA National Nuclear Security Administration issues a notice of intent to do a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.

TBA National Nuclear Security Administration issues additional record(s) of decision on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.

TBA North Korea resumes six-party talks on its nuclear program with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and United States (possible). Beijing.

2012

Jan. 1 New Year's Day (holiday).

Jan. 1 National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the status of nuclear materials protection, control and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563).

Jan. 1 U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon begins a second five-year term.

Jan. 2 New Year's Day observed (federal holiday).

Jan. 2 U.S. Air Force submits to Congress a report on bomber modernization, sustainment and recapitalization (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 1056.).

Jan. 3 Congress convenes (estimate).

Jan. 4 Fifth anniversary of "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," by George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn in the Wall Street Journal.

Jan. 12 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Des Moines, IA. Broadcast on PBSand video webcast on YouTube.

Jan. 16 Conference on Disarmament first session for 2012 begins. Through March 23 (estimates). Geneva.

Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).

Jan. 19 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Charleston, SC. Broadcast on CNN.

Jan. 29 Energy Department's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Futuresubmits its final report to the Energy Department.

Jan. 29 10th anniversary of President George W. Bush's "axis of evil" speech.

Jan. 30 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Sioux City, IA. Broadcast on Fox News.

Jan. 30 Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367).

Jan. 31 Oregon special election to replace former Rep. David Wu (OR-1).

Jan. 31 President Obama submits to Congress an annual report on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note).

Jan. 31 President Obama submits to the Senate an annual report on the implementation of the New START Treaty (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(10)).

Late Jan. or early Feb. 9:00 p.m. EST, President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. House Chamber, Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and video webcast on the White House website.

Feb. 1 Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on the acquisition by foreign countries of technology for the development or production of weapons of mass destruction (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2366). Previous reports are posted on the Director of National Intelligence website.

Feb. 5 First anniversary of the New START Treaty entering into force.

Feb. 5 President Obama submits to the Senate an annual report on the status of negotiations with Russia on tactical nuclear weapons (New START Treaty,Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(12)(B)).

Feb. 6 ~10:30 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.

Feb. 6 ~1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary Steven Chu presents the Energy Department budget. Forrestal Building, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website.

Feb. 6 Iowa presidential caucuses (tentative).

Feb. 6 Defense Department and Energy Department submit to Congress an updated, annual 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251).

Between Feb. 7-13 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC.

Feb. 14 New Hampshire presidential primary (tentative).

Feb. 15 Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note).

Feb. 15 Missile Defense Agency submits to Congress an annual report on acquisition baselines (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 225).

Feb. 15 National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566).

Feb. 18 Nevada presidential caucuses (tentative).

Between Feb. 19-27 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. City TBA, SC. Broadcast on Fox News.

Feb. 20 Presidents Day (federal holiday).

Feb. 22 Fifth anniversary of the Defense Department's cancellation of the "Divine Strake" nuclear test simulation, using conventional explosives. Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site.

Feb. 28 South Carolina presidential primary (tentative).

March 1 Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the military power of China (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on theDefense Department website.

March 1 Defense Department, with the National Nuclear Security Administration, submits to Congress a biennial report on the nuclear triad (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 1054).

March 1 Defense and Energy Departments submit to Congress a report on the criteria and the methodology determining the safety and security of nuclear weapons (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 1063).

March 4 Russian presidential election.

March 4-6 American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington.

March 5 8:00-10:00 p.m. EST (5:00-7:00 p.m. PST) (estimate), Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA.

March 5 International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.

March 6 "Super Tuesday," with presidential caucuses and primaries in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey and New York (tentative). Note: Presidential caucuses and primaries after Super Tuesday are not listed.

March 11 First anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. Fukushima, Japan.

March 17-20 Friends Committee on National Legislation, spring lobby weekend. Location TBA, Washington. For information, contact Matt Southworth by email.

March 19-21 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Missile Defense Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (closed).

March 23 Conference on Disarmament first session for 2012 ends (estimate). Geneva.

March 23-26 Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Arlington, VA (March 23-25), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 26).

March 24-27 J Street national conference. Washington.

March 26-27 President Obama attends the Second Nuclear Security Summit. Seoul, South Korea.

March 29 Iranian parliamentary elections.

March 31 National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan Senate Report 108-105, p. 110.

March National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site, SC.

March Georgia Institute of Technology, "Sam Nunn Policy Forum." Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

March Center for Energy and Security Studies, "Moscow Nonproliferation Conference." Moscow.

March-April U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.

April 6 Good Friday.

April 6 Passover begins at sundown. Through April 13.

April 8 Easter.

April 9 National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran.

April 12 Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367 note).

April 16 25th anniversary of the Missile Technology Control Regime.

April 22 French presidential election (first round).

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 South Korean National Assembly elections.

April 30-May 11 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Vienna, Austria.

April National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on theSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement for surplus plutonium dispositionat the Savannah River Site, SC.

May 1 National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual nuclear stockpile stewardship and management plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a plan for the modernization and refurbishment of the nuclear security complex (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 113).

May 6 French presidential election (second round if needed).

May 11 14th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India.

May 15-22 President Obama hosts a G-8 summit and a NATO summit. Chicago. Adoption of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the NATO summit agenda.

May 18-19 American Friends Service Committee and other organizations, NATO counter-summit conference. Chicago.

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 28 Memorial Day (holiday).

May 28 14th anniversary of the first Pakistani nuclear test, "Chagai I." Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan.

June 4 International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.

June 10 French National Assembly elections (first round).

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 17 French National Assembly elections (second round).

June National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.

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 16 Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.

July 20 Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 18.

July National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.

Aug. 6 Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.

Aug. 9 Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.

Aug. 15-27 U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Space and Missile Defense Conference. Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL.

Aug. 27-30 Republican National Convention. Tampa, FL.

Aug. 29 International Day Against Nuclear Tests.

Aug. Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva.

Aug. University of London, Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone Conference. London.

Sept. 3 Labor Day (holiday).

Sept. 3-6 Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC.

TBA Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Location TBA.

TBA President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Location TBA, Mexico.

TBA Non-aligned Movement summit. City TBA, Iran.

TBA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Initiative, composed of Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, meeting of foreign ministers. City TBA, Turkey.

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