Sept. 30-Nov. 14 | House and Senate recess for the elections. |
Oct. 24-26 | Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets with Japanese officials. Tokyo. Indian ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is on the agenda. |
Week of Oct. 25 or Nov. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN. |
Oct. 26 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Graham Allison, Harvard University, "Nuclear Terrorism: Iran, Pakistan, North Korea, and the Fragility of the Global Nuclear Order," MIT, E40-496, Lucien Pye Conference Room, Cambridge, MA. |
Oct. 26 | Noon-2:00 p.m., James Goodby, former special representative of President Clinton for Nuclear Security and Dismantlement, "50 Years of Arms Control Negotiating Experience." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
Oct. 26 | 12:30-2:00 a.m., Bruce Bennett, RAND, "Preparing for the Possibility of a North Korean Collapse." National Defense University, Fort McNair, 260 Fifth Ave., SW, Building 64, Room 1107, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Oct. 26-29 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) votes on resolutions. United Nations. |
Oct. 27 | 9:00-10:30 a.m., Arms Control Association, release of Are Countries Making the Grade? A 2009-2010 Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Report Card. National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
Oct. 27 | 12:30 p.m., Sen. Dick Lugar (IN), "Issues Facing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty." Council on Foreign Relations, 1777 F St., NW, Washington (closed to the public). |
Oct. 27 | 6:00-7:15 p.m., John Limbert, book discussion of Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History. George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 602, Washington. RSVP online. |
Oct. 27 | 6:30-9:00 p.m., screening of Countdown to Zero. Sponsored by Daisy Alliance and the Georgia Tech International Affairs Student Organization. Georgia Institute of Technology, SSC Clary Theatre, 219 Uncle Heinie Way, Atlanta, GA. |
Oct. 27 | Project on Nuclear Issues capstone conference. U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE. Registration is closed. |
Oct. 28 | Noon-2:00 p.m., Frank Pabian, Los Alamos National Laboratory, "The New Geospatial Tools: Global Transparency Enhancing Safeguards Verification." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
Oct. 28 | 12:15-1:30 p.m., Joshua Pollack, consultant on nuclear security, "The Life-Cycle of North Korean Missile and Nuclear Proliferation." University of Maryland, 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD. |
Oct. 28 | 1:00-3:00 p.m., Detlef Waechter, Carnegie Endowment, and Frank Miller, former National Security Council official, "Is the Alliance on the Right Track? The Upcoming NATO Summit and the Nuclear Issue." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Oct. 28 | 2:30-3:30 p.m., Pauline Neville-Jones, United Kingdom's minister for security and counter-terrorism, "Security in an Age of Uncertainty: Great Britain's New National Security Strategy." Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Oct. 28 | 6:30-8:00 p.m., Edward Burrier, professional staff, office of Rep. Ed Royce (CA).; Don MacDonald, Democratic staff director, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; and Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, "Challenge and Response: Nonproliferation Policy in the 112th Congress." Sponsored by the Foreign Policy Initiative and the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Oct. 28-29 | Institute for Policy Studies, "Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in the United States." At the Ploughshares Fund, 1430 K St., NW, Suite 550, Washington. For information, contact Robert Alvarez by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Oct. 29 | 10:00 a.m.-noon, Jeffrey Addicott, St. Mary's University School of Law; Fredrick Hitz, University of Virginia School of Law; Don MacDonald, Democratic staff director, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; and John Norton Moore, University of Virginia School of Law, "Alternative Approaches to Counter-proliferation Efforts". Sponsored by Monterey Institute and Georgetown University. Georgetown University, Copley Formal Lounge, Washington. |
Oct. 29 | Noon-2:00 p.m., Viacheslav Turkin, Monterey Institute, "Nuclear Trafficking: Regional Patterns and Trends." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
Oct. 29 | Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Mesilla, NM. Tickets availableonline. |
Oct. 30 | National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers (S.Res. 653). |
Nov. 1-5 | International Atomic Energy Agency, "Symposium on International Safeguards: Preparing for Future Verification Challenges." Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. 1-12 | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization conducts a simulation of an on-site inspection of a suspected nuclear test. Near the Dead Sea, Jordan. |
Nov. 2 | U.S. Election Day. |
Nov. 2 | Nuclear Security Summit sherpas meeting. Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
Nov. 2-3 | U.S. Strategic Command, "Conducting Military Space Operations--Advancing from Today to Tomorrow." Qwest Center, 455 N. 10th St., Omaha, NE. |
Nov. 3 | 5:30-7:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb. University of Toronto, 27 King's College Circle, Toronto. |
Nov. 4 | 7:30- 9:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb. Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony Rd., Toronto. |
Nov. 4 | Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Jacksonville, FL. Tickets available online. |
Nov. 5-9 | President Obama visits India. |
Nov. 8 | 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Wolfgang Ischinger, Munich Conference on Security Policy; Franklin Miller, Scowcroft Group; and Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (TBC), "The Future of Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense in NATO Security Strategy." Sponsored by American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. At the U.S. Institute of Peace, Second Floor Conference Room, 1200 17th St., NW, Washington. |
Nov. 8 | 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Arms Control Association and Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America , "Next Steps in Arms Control: Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, and NATO," with Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance; and nine other speakers. Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Nov. 8 | 7:30 p.m., screening of Fair Game. Bijou Theater, University of Iowa, 166-B Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA. |
Nov. 8 | Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Lewisburg, PA. Tickets available online. |
Nov. 9 | Former President George W. Bush releases his memoir, Decision Points. |
Nov. 10-11 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperationforeign ministers meeting. Yokohama, Japan. |
Nov. 11 | 12:15-1:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb. University of Maryland, 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD. |
Nov. 11 | Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
Nov. 11-12 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Seoul, South Korea. |
Nov. 11-15 | Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting and lobby day. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington (Nov. 11-14), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (Nov. 14-15). |
Nov. 12-14 | World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, "The Legacy of Hiroshima: A World Without Nuclear Weapons." Hiroshima, Japan. |
Nov. 12-16 | NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session. Warsaw, Poland. |
Nov. 13-14 | President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Yokohama, Japan. |
Nov. 14 | Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Lewisburg, PA. Tickets available online. |
Nov. 15 | House and Senate return for a lame-duck session of Congress. New senators from Delaware, Illinois, and West Virginia take office. (The temporary appointments of Sens. Ted Kaufman (DE), Roland Burris (IL), and Carte Goodwin (WV) expire on Nov. 2.) The first Senate roll call vote will be Nov. 17 (tentative). |
Nov. 15 | Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Anchorage, AK. Tickets available online. |
Nov. 15-17 | Iran resumes talks on its nuclear program, with China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States, lead by Saeed Jalili, Iran's nuclear negotiator, and Catherine Ashton, European Union's foreign policy chief (possible). Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. 17 | 4:00-5:30 p.m., Christopher Bright, book discussion of Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era: Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War. Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Regan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
Nov. 17 | Eid Al-Adha. |
Nov. 18 | 9:00-11:00 a.m., Christopher Paine and Thomas Cochran, Natural Resources Defense Council, "Nuclear Islands: International Leasing of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Sites to Provide Enduring Assurances of Peaceful Use." Sponsored by the Monterey Institute. At the George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, 1957 E St., NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP to theNonproliferation Review by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Nov. 18 | 3:30-5:00 p.m., Richard Rhodes, book discussion of The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons. Stanford University, 616 Serra St., E200, Enica Hall, Palo Alto, CA. |
Nov. 19-20 | President Obama attends the NATO summit, which will adopt a new Strategic Concept. Lisbon, Portugal. |
Nov. 20 | NATO-Russia Council summit. Lisbon, Portugal. NATO presents to Russia new proposals on a missile defense plan for Europe. |
Nov. 20-28 | House and Senate Thanksgiving recess (estimate). |
Nov. 25 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
Nov. 29-? | House and Senate continue the lame-duck session of Congress. |
Week of Nov. 29 | House and Senate floor action on a second continuing resolution or an omnibus appropriations bill, which includes the energy and water appropriations (estimate). |
Nov. 29-Dec. 3 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
Week of Nov. 29 or Dec. | Senate floor action on the New START Treaty (possible). Broadcast, video webcast, and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Week of Nov. 29 or Dec. | Senate resumes floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 3454, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible). Broadcast, video webcast, and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Nov. | State Department issues its Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. |
Nov. | Six party talks resume on North Korea's nuclear program (possible). Beijing. |
Nov. | Nuclear Suppliers Group consultative group meeting (estimate). Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. or Dec. | Defense Department and the Director of National Intelligence submit a Space Posture Review to Congress (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 913) (estimate). |
Nov. or Dec. | National Nuclear Security Administration conducts a subcritical nuclear experiment, "Barolo A." Nevada National Security Site. |
Nov. or Dec. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN. |
Nov. or Dec. | Director of National Intelligence completes a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program (estimate) (classified). |
Nov. or Dec. | Russian Navy conducts two test launches of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, one from the submarine Dmitri Donskoy and another from the submarine Yury Dolgoruky. White Sea, Russia. |
Dec. 1 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Frank Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Defense Policy, and Greg Schulte, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, "Next Steps in U.S. Space Diplomacy." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, Washington. RSVP to Nate Cohn by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Dec. 1 | National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform issues its recommendations. |
Dec. 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual, classified report to Congress on the current and projected (1) number of nuclear weapons of each type in the active and reserve stockpiles, (2) strategic rationale for each type, and (3) past and projected future total direct lifecycle cost of each type (House Report 110-921, p. 125). |
Dec. 2 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a report by the National Academy of Sciences on the national security and extended deterrence value of the B61 nuclear bomb (House Report 111-278, p. 127). |
Dec. 2-3 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Dec. 2-3 | U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, Annual Joint Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju Island, South Korea. |
Dec. 3 | First continuing resolution for fiscal year 2011 (Public Law 111-242), which includes the energy and water appropriations, expires. |
Dec. 5 | One-year anniversary of the expiration of the START I treaty. |
Dec. 6-10 | Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva. |
Dec. 7 | Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Gloucester, MA. Tickets available online. |
Dec. 9-12 | Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, "Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World." New Delhi. |
Dec. 24 | Christmas observed (federal holiday). |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
Dec. 31 | New Year's Day observed (federal holiday). |
Dec. | House and Senate floor action on the conference report for the defense authorization bill, H.R. 5136 and S. 3454, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible). |
Dec. | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex (estimate). |
Dec. | Russian Federal Assembly ratifies the New START Treaty (possible). Moscow. |
TBA | Missile Defense Agency tests the Airborne Laser against a sounding rocket. Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center, CA and Weapons Division Sea Range off the central California coast. |
TBA | Cross-Regional Group on Nonproliferation and Disarmament meets. Berlin. The group is lead by Japan and Australia and includes Canada, Chile, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Netherlands, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates. |
TBA | Indonesian parliament ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Jakarta, Indonesia. |
2011 | |
Jan. 1 | New Year's Day (holiday). |
Jan. 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a report by theJASON Defense Advisory Group on the value of the planned B61-12 nuclear bomb (House Report 111-278, p. 127). |
Jan. 1 | 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). |
Jan. 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual report to Congress on the status of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563). |
Jan. 4 | Congress convenes (estimate). |
Jan. 17 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
Jan. 24 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 begins. Through April 1. Geneva. |
Jan. 30 | Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367). |
Jan. 31 | President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material, and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). The report is usually included as an appendix in the annual report due on Feb. 15 to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)). |
Jan. | President Obama resubmits the U.S.-Russian peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement (Sec. 123 agreement) to Congress for review (estimate). |
Jan. | National Nuclear Security Administration, issues a draft environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site. |
Late Jan. or early Feb. | President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. House Chamber, Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast, video webcast, and audio webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks, and video webcast on the White House website. |
Jan.-March | National Nuclear Security Administration conducts a subcritical nuclear experiment, "Barolo B." Nevada National Security Site. |
Jan.-March | Iran begins construction of a third uranium enrichment plant. Location unknown, Iran. |
Feb. 1 | Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress on the acquisition by foreign countries of technology for the development or production of weapons of mass destruction (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2366). Previous reports are posted on the Director of National Intelligence website. |
Feb. 6 | 2:00 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First St., Los Angeles. |
Feb. 7 | 10:00 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. 7 | ~1:30 p.m. (estimate), 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. 9 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute, book discussion of The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb, followed by a panel discussion. Sponsored by Daisy Alliance and the Georgia Tech Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Trade. Georgia Institute of Technology, Location TBA, Decatur, GA. For information, contact Holly Lindamood by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Feb. 15 | President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty), and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)). |
Feb. 15 | Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation submits an annual report to Congress on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note). |
Feb. 15 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual report to Congress on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566). |
Feb. 15-18 | ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, "Nuclear Deterrence Summit: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities to Prevent the Spread and Use of Nuclear Weapons." Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. |
Feb. 19-27 | House and Senate Presidents Day recess (estimate). |
Feb. 21 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 26-March 1 | J Street conference. Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St., NW, Washington. |
Feb. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
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 | National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and to Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended by Public Law 111-84, Sec. 239). |
March 7-11 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
March 21-23 | 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 25-28 | Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA (March 25-27), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 28). |
March 28-29 | Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
March 31 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits an annual report to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110). |
March | India test launches its new Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile (tentative). Wheeler Island Missile Test Facility, Orissa, India. |
March or April | Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Location TBA, Washington. |
April 1 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 ends. Geneva. |
April 5 | Second anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons. |
April 5 | Director of National Intelligence, with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, submits to Congress a report on the threat from dirty bombs (Public Law 111-259, Sec. 344). |
April 9 | National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran. |
April 12 | Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367 note). |
April 15 | President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty), (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(2)). |
April 15 | State Department submits an annual report to Congress on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a). |
April 16 | 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Missile Technology Control Regime. |
April 18 | Passover begins at sundown. Through April 26. |
April 22 | Good Friday. |
April 24 | Easter. |
April | U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. |
April | Iranian government sponsors a second annual international conference on disarmament and nonproliferation. Tehran, Iran. Portions webcast on Iranian Press TV. |
May 1 | Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on theDefense Department website. |
May 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual nuclear stockpile stewardship and management plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a biennial nuclear stockpile stewardship criteria and assessment report (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2522). |
May 2-6 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
May 16 | Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 begins. Through July 1. Geneva. |
May 17-25 | World Council of Churches, International Ecumenical Peace Convocation. Kingston, Jamaica. |
May 22-24 | American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
May 30 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
May or June | NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session. Location TBA. |
May or June | Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Location TBA. |
June 6-10 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
June 8-10 | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Monitoring Science and Technology" international scientific conference. Vienna, Austria. |
June | President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Nice, France. |
June | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Location TBA, France. |
June | Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism annual meeting (estimate). Location TBA. |
July 1 | Conference on Disarmament second session for 2011 ends. Geneva. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a final supplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
Aug. 2 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 begins. Through Sept. 16. Geneva. |
Aug. 6 | Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
Aug. 9 | Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. 31 | Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. |
Aug. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for thesupplemental environmental impact statement for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
Aug. | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
Sept. 1 | President Obama submits an annual Global Nuclear Security report to Congress on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (22 U.S. Code Sec. 3244 note). |
Sept. 5 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 11 | Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
Sept. 12-16 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Sept. 16 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2011 ends. Geneva. |
Sept. 20 | ~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations (estimate). Broadcast on CNN, may be video webcast on the White House website, and video webcast on the U.N. website. |
Sept. 26 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Sept. 28 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 30. |
Sept. | United Nations hosts a meeting for promoting the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations. May be video webcast on theUnited Nations website. |
Fall | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site. |
Fall | Mohamed ElBaradei, former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, releases his memoir, Crawling Away from Armageddon. |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 7 | Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Oct. 8. |
Oct. 10 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Oct. 11-12 | 25th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit between President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on nuclear arms reductions. Reykjavik, Iceland. |
Oct. 14 | 5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
Oct. 24 | United Nations Day. |
Nov. 3-6 | Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day and annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. |
Nov. 7 | Eid Al-Adha. |
Nov. 8 | U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi and numerous mayoral races. |
Nov. 11 | Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
Nov. 12-13 | President Obama hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Honolulu. |
Nov. 17-18 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. 24 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
TBA | President Obama visits Pakistan. |
TBA | Defense Secretary Robert Gates retires from office. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues additional record(s) of decision for the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
TBA | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. |
TBA | Iran begins operating its Qom uranium enrichment facility. |