Nuclear Calendar -- April 30, 2012
April 28-May 6 | House and Senate recess. |
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 | Noon, Christopher Preble, Cato Institute; Russell Rumbaugh, Stimson Center; and Laura Peterson, Taxpayers for Common Sense, "Nuclear Weapons Spending in the 2013 Budget." Sponsored by the Cato Institute. B-354 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online. |
April 30 | Noon, Thomas Graham, former Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament, book discussion of Unending Crisis: National Security Policy after 9/11. George Washington University, Linder Family Commons, 1957 E St., NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
April 30 | 2:00-4:00 p.m., Corey Hinderstein, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Laura Holgate, National Security Council; Han Choong-Hee, South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute, "The Nuclear Security Summit Process: Accomplishments and Lingering Challenges." Hudson Institute, 1015 15th St, NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP to Richard Weitz by |
April 30 | Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. North Korea's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
Week of April 30 | North Korea conducts its third nuclear test (possible). P’unggye-yok, North Korea. |
April 30‑May 11 | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Vienna. |
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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 1 | 10:30 a.m.-noon, Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, briefing on the report, Nuclear Famine: A Billion People at Risk. 122 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. |
May 1 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Conversation with Gen. Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 1 | 2:00-3:00 p.m., Conversation with Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 1 | 4:00 p.m., Amb. Baso Sangqu, South Africa; David Kimaiyo, Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons; Simon Limage, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Programs; and Ochieng Adala, Africa Peace Forum, "Africa's Quest, Bridging the Security/Development Divide." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., 12th Floor, 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 | 1:15-2:45 p.m., Paul Quiles, former French Defense Minister; Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy; and Otfried Nassauer, Berlin Information Center for Transatlantic Security, "Europe and Nuclear Disarmament." Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
May 2 | 2:30-4:00 p.m., Jon Wolfsthal, Monterey Institute, "U.S. Nonproliferation and Nuclear Policies: A Former Insider's View." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. RSVP online. |
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 2 | 6:00-7:30 p.m., Pierre Goldschmidt and Sinan Ulgen, Carnegie Endowment; Eva Gross, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; and Bruno Tertrais, Foundation pour la Recherche Strategique, "Turkey and the Bomb." Carnegie Endowment Brussels, 15 Rue du Congres, Brussels. RSVP online. |
May 3 | 9:00-11:00 a.m., International Panel on Fissile Materials, "Resolving the Conflict over Iran's Uranium Enrichment Program." Cosponsored by the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP). Andromeda Tower, VCDNP Conference Room, Floor 13, Vienna. RSVP online. |
May 3 | 2:00-3:00 p.m., Hans Kristensen and Robert Norris, Federation of American Scientists, "Briefing on Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons." 385 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. RSVP by May 2 by |
May 3 | 4:00-10:00 p.m., International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, "International Symposium on the Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency: Critically Questioned." City Hall, Friedrich Schmidt Plaza, Vienna. RSVP by |
May 3-4 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner co-chair the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue meeting. Beijing. |
May 3-4 | Russian Defense Ministry, international conference on "Missile Defense Factor in Establishing New Security Environment.” Moscow. |
May 4 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Jon Wolfsthal, Monterey Institute, "The Path to Lower Nuclear Numbers." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by |
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 4 | 7:00-9:30 p.m., International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, "Discussion of the Main Results of the IAEA Symposium with Politicians." University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Banquet Hall, Vienna. |
May 4 | Iranian parliamentary elections, second round. |
May 6 | French presidential election, second round between Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy. |
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 is inaugurated as president of Russia. Moscow. |
Week May 7 | 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. |
Week of May 7 or 14 | House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (possible). H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed). |
Week of May 7 or 14 | Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, S. 2465, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
May 8 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Christopher Ford, Hudson Institute, and Janne Nolan, George Washington University, "Nuclear Deterrence: Who Needs Nuclear Weapons and Why." Sponsored by the British American Security Information Council and Hudson Institute. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Brendan McGovern by |
May 8 | 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., PIR Center (Russian Center for Policy Studies), "Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: Ideas from Russia, Ideas for Russia," with nine speakers. Cosponsored by the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP). Andromeda Tower, VCDNP Conference Room, Floor 13, Vienna. RSVP to Elena Sokova by |
May 8 | 7:00-9:00 p.m., performance of the play Reykjavik and post-performance discussion with Richard Rhodes, the playwright. Stanford University, CEMEX Auditorium, Zambrano Hall, Knight Management Center, Palo Alto, CA. |
May 8 | Indiana Republican Senate primary election between Sen. Dick Lugar and Richard Mourdock. |
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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 9 | 9:00-10:00 a.m., Jaakko Laajava, Finnish Foreign Ministry and Middle East NWFZ Conference Facilitator, and William Potter, Monterey Institute, "The 2012 Conference on the NWFZ in the Middle East." Location TBA, Vienna. |
May 9 | 10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, H.R. 4310, 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. |
May 9 | 3:00-6:00 p.m., Nuclear Abolition Forum, "Moving Beyond Nuclear Deterrence to a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World." Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
May 9 | 7:00-9:00 p.m., performance of the play Reykjavik and post-performance panel with Charles Ferguson, Federation of American Scientists. Stanford University, CEMEX Auditorium, Zambrano Hall, Knight Management Center, Palo Alto, CA. |
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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 10 | 9:00-10:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Why Conservatives Should Fund and Support a Strong National Defense." Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Heritage website. |
May 10 | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Screening of In My Lifetime: A Presentation of The Nuclear World Project. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
May 10 | 2:30-4:30 p.m., Bonnie Jenkins, State Department Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs; Sabine Nolke, Canada Foreign Affairs and International Trade; and Paul Walker, Global Green USA, "The G-8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of WMD: A Case Study of Summit-Sponsored Initiatives." Part of the Stanley Foundation conference, "The Apex of Influence-How Summit Meetings Build Multilateral Cooperation." Northwestern University, Wieboldt Hall, Room 147, 339 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago. RSVP online. Webcast 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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. 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 13-14 | Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency hold talks on Iran's nuclear program. Vienna. |
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. |
May 15 | 9:00-10:30 a.m., Anita Friedt, State Department; Walter Slocombe, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution; and Paul Ingram, British American Security Information Council, "The Deterrence and Defense Posture Review." Part of the "NATO Shadow Summit III," May 14-15, sponsored by British American Security Information Council, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, George Washington University, NATO Watch, and Strategy International, George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, Washington. RSVP by May 7 to Brendan McGovern by |
May 15 | 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Harry Heintzelman, State Department; Amb. Francois Rivasseau, member of U.N. Secretary-General’s Disarmament Advisory Board; Ted Seay, former arms control adviser to U.S. Ambassador to NATO; and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "The Future of U.S. Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe." Part of the "NATO Shadow Summit III," May 14-15, sponsored by British American Security Information Council, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, George Washington University, NATO Watch, and Strategy International, George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, Washington. RSVP by May 7 to Brendan McGovern by |
May 16 | Time TBA, U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, toward the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean. |
May 16 | Noon-1:30 p.m., John Bolton, former acting U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; Rep. Ed Markey (MA); Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Jamie Fly, Foreign Policy Initiative; Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association; and Kingston Reif, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, "Tightening Nuclear Nonproliferation Rules: What Congress' Role Should Be." Sponsored by Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and Foreign Policy Initiative. 2200 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
May 16-18 | House of Representatives floor action on the defense authorization bill, H.R. 4310, 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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 17 | 3:30-5:00 p.m., David Holloway, Stanford University, "A Tale of Three H-Bombs: The Thermonuclear Turning-Point of the 1950s." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
May 17 | Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President Obama (estimate). White House, Washington. |
May 18 | 2:00-3:30 p.m., Victor Gilinsky, former member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, "Serious Rules for Nuclear Power without Proliferation." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 18-19 | President Obama hosts a G-8 summit. Camp David, MD. |
May 18-19 | Network for a NATO Free Future, Counter-Summit for Peace and Economic Justice. 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. McCormick Place, Chicago. Adoption of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the agenda. |
Week of May 21 | Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, S. 2467, which includes the nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232‑A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
Week of May 21 | Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, S. 2467, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232‑A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
Week of May 21 | Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, S. 2467, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232‑A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
May 22 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Ken Myers, Defense Department, "Future Challenges for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online |
May 23 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Mark Schneider and Tom Scheber, National Institute for Public Policy, "Russian Nuclear Developments." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 23 | Iran continues negotiations on its nuclear program with the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany (P5+1). Baghdad. |
May 24 | 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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Reserve Officers Association, One Constitution Ave., NE, 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. The treaty reduced U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons from 6,000 to 2,200 each. |
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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. 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 Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan. |
May 30 | 6:00-8:00 p.m., Steven David, Johns Hopkins University, "Iran's Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. At Marriott Residence Inn, 550 Army-Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. RSVP online. |
May 31 | USEC discontinues work on its American Centrifuge project unless the Energy Department provides additional funds for the project. Piketon, OH. |
May | USEC may close its Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, used for uranium enrichment. Paducah, KY. |
May or June | House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). H-140 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
May or June | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
May or June | Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
May or June | Senate Armed Services Committee, votes on the nominations of James Miller to be Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Kathleen Hicks to be Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and Derek Chollet to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (estimates). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
May or June | House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
May or June | 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. |
May or June | President Obama submits to Congress a report on how the administration plans to address the shortfall in the appropriations for fiscal year 2012 to meet the 10-year modernization plan for the nuclear weapons complex, required by Condition 9 of the New START Treaty (estimate). |
May or June | 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). |
May or June | Israel Aerospace Industries test launches an Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptor (estimate). Palmachim Air Force Base, Israel. |
June 2 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Abolition Day. |
June 4 | Time TBA, Arms Control Association annual meeting, with speakers TBA. Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
June 4 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
June 6 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Christopher Ford, Hudson Institute, "Verification of Nuclear Agreements," and Jeff Klinger, "North Korean Denuclearization." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 6 | 1:00-4:00 p.m., Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, National Security Forum, with speakers TBA. U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC-208, Washington. Register online. |
June 6 | 6:00-8:00 p.m., Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, 50th Anniversary Celebration, with Vice President Joe Biden and other speakers. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. Register online. |
June 7 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Michael Turner (OH), "HASC Perspectives on Strategic Issues." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 8 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Tom McInerney (retired) and Clare Lopez, "Iran and Terrorism: Material Support from Kohobar Towers to 9/11 and Beyond." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 9-17 | House of Representatives recess. |
June 10 | French National Assembly elections, first round. |
June 12 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council, "Middle East Challenges, Iran and U.S. Security." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 12 | Arizona special election to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8). |
June 12 | 30th anniversary of a demonstration by one million people in support of the U.N. Special Session on Disarmament. Central Park, New York. |
June 13 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., James Miller, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, "Nukes, Missile Defense and U.S. Security." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 13 | U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue meeting, chaired by Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Washington. |
June 13 | 10th anniversary of withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty by President George W. Bush. |
June 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen Jeff Sessions (AL), "Senate Outlook on Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense and Proliferation Threats." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 14-15 | NATO Conference on WMD Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Budapest, Hungary. |
June 15 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, former Israeli Ministry of Defense, "Missile Defense and Missile Threats: Middle East Developments." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 17 | French National Assembly elections, second round. |
June 17-20 | Wilton Park, "Verification in the 21st Century: technological, Political and Institutional Challenges and Opportunities." Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom. Register online. |
June 18-19 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. |
June 18-22 | Nuclear Suppliers Group annual meeting. Seattle. |
June 20-21 | Partnership for Global Security, 2012 Biosecurity Conference. Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St., Boston. |
June 20-23 | Wilton Park, "Deterrence, Assurance and Reductions: Rebalancing the Nuclear Order." Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom. |
June 22 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz (retired), Council on Foreign Relations, "Strategic Perspectives." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 28 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Next Steps in U.S.-Russian Arms Control," and Frank Miller, former National Security Council staff, "U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Strategy " Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 28 | Sanctions go into effect against any foreign country or company that purchases petroleum products from Iran from this date on (22 U.S. Code Sec. 8513a). |
June 28 | U.S. Navy and U.S. Strategic Command submit to Congress a report on the replacement of the Ohio-class ballistic submarine (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 242). |
June 28 | Energy Secretary submits to Congress a plan to prevent the proliferation of nuclear and radiological weapons (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 3122). |
June 28 | 25th anniversary of a chemical weapons attack on civilians at Sardasht, Iran by Iraq. |
June 29 | 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, the first submarine to carry the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile. Severodvinsk (on the White Sea), Russia. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 6 | 50th anniversary of "Storax Sedan," an underground nuclear test conducted at the Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more U.S. residents than any other nuclear test and the Sedan Crater is the largest artificial crater in the United States. |
July 10 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Donald Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Sustainment." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 12 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense and Defense Policy." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club. Reserve Officers Club, 1 Constitution Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 13 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Richard Formica, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Theater and Global Tiered Missile Defense." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July 16-20 | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
July 18 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., David Tractenberg, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, "Security Challenges for a New Administration." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 20 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Terry Benedict, Director, Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, "The Trident and Its Contribution to Deterrence." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 20 | Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 18. |
July 23-25 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Greg Koblentz, George Mason University and five other speakers, "Pandemics, Bioterrorism, and International Security." George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA. Register online. |
July 30 | Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 begins. Through Sept. 14. Geneva. |
Summer | State Department hosts a P5 (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States) nuclear weapons verification, transparency and confidence-building conference. Washington. |
Summer or fall | Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 2467, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Aug. 1 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Steve Henry, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, "Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Defense." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
Aug. 2-9 | Japan Council Against A and H Bombs, World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. |
Aug. 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. 30 | Time TBA, Mitt Romney gives his presidential acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. Tampa, FL. Broadcast on most TV networks. |
Aug. | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
Sept. 1 | President Obama submits to Congress an annual Global Nuclear Security report on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (22 U.S. Code Sec. 3244 note). |
Sept. 1 | Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a biennial report on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2371). |
Sept. 3 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 3-6 | Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC. |
Sept. 6 | Time TBA, President Obama gives his presidential acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC. Broadcast on most TV networks. |
Sept. 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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 11 | Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
Sept. 14 | Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
Sept. 15-18 | House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess. |
Sept. 16 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 18. |
Sept. 17-21 | International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna. |
Sept. 21 | International Day of Peace. |
Sept. 22 | 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. | 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. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
Oct. | United Sates and Israel hold a joint missile defense exercise, "Austere Challenge 12." Israel and Germany. |
Nov. 1 | Defense Department submits to Congress a report on the military power of the North Korea (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1236). |
Nov. 1 | 60th anniversary of "Ivy Mike," the first hydrogen bomb test. Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. |
Nov. 6 | U.S. Election Day. |
Nov. 12 | Veterans Day observed (federal holiday). |
Nov. 13 | Congress returns for a lame-duck session (estimate). |
Nov. 15-18 | Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day (Nov. 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 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 4. |
Nov. 26-30 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
Nov. 29 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM. |
Dec. 7-10 | House of Representatives Hanukkah recess. |
Dec. 8 | 25th anniversary of the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Washington. |
Dec. 8 | Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 16. |
Dec. 10-14 | Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva. |
Dec. 19 | South Korean presidential election. |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
Dec. | Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Interceptor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, against an intermediate-range ballistic missile target launched from Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean. |
Dec. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
Dec. | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Helsinki. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
2013 | |
Jan. 1 | New Year's Day (holiday). |
Jan. 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the status of nuclear materials protection, control and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563). |
Jan. 2 | Office of Management and Budget imposes $109 billion in across-the-board cuts, or sequestration, in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2013, including $55 billion in defense spending, under the Budget Control Act of 2011 (27 U.S. Code Sec. 900) (possible). |
Jan. 8 | Congress convenes (estimate). |
Jan. 21 | Presidential 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. 21 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2013 begins (estimate). Through March 29. Geneva. |
Jan. 30 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367). |
Jan. 31 | President submits to Congress an annual report on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). |
Jan. 31 | President submits to the Senate an annual report on the implementation of the New START Treaty (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(10)). |
Late-Jan. or early Feb. | 9:00 p.m. EST, President gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast, video webcast and audio webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and video webcast on the White House website. |
Feb. 1 | Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on the acquisition by foreign countries of technology for the development or production of weapons of mass destruction (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2366). Previous reports are posted on the Director of National Intelligence website. |
Feb. 4 | ~11:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
Feb. 4 | ~1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary presents the Energy Department budget. Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website. |
Feb. 4 | Defense Department and Energy Department submit to Congress an updated, annual 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251). |
Feb. 5 | President submits to the Senate an annual report on the status of negotiations with Russia on tactical nuclear weapons (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(12)(B)). |
Feb. 15 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note). |
Feb. 15 | Missile Defense Agency submits to Congress an annual report on acquisition baselines (10 U.S. Code Sec. 225). |
Feb. 15 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566). |
Feb. 18 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 18 | U.S.-Russian "Megatons to Megawatts" agreement expires. |
Feb. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
March 1 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the military power of China (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website. |
March 3-5 | American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
March 4-8 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
March 6 | 10th anniversary of the ratification of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), or Moscow Treaty, by the Senate on a vote of 95-0. The treaty reduced U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons from 6,000 to 2,200 each. |
March 16 | 25th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attacks. Halabjah, Iraq. |
March 23 | 30th anniversary of President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech. |
March 25 | Passover begins at sundown. |
March 29 | Good Friday. |
March 29 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2013 ends (estimate). Geneva. |
March 31 | Easter. |
March 31 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110). |
Spring | Norwegian government sponsors an international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Oslo. |
April 5-8 | Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Arlington, VA (April 5-7), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (April 8). |
April 8-9 | Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
April 9 | National Day of Nuclear Technology (date is an estimate). Iran. |
April 11 | 50th anniversary of the encyclical letter Pacem in Terris by Pope John XXIII, which called for an end to the nuclear arms race. |
April 12 | Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367 note). |
April 15 | State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a(a)). Previous reports are posted on the State Department website. |
April-May | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Geneva. |
May 1 | Defense Department submits to Congress a biannual report on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website. |
May 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a biennial Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship Criteria and Assessment Report (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2522). |
May 6-10 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
May 11 | 15th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India. |
May 27 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
May 28 | 15th anniversary of Pakistan's first nuclear test. Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan. |
May-June | President attends the G-8 summit. City TBA, United Kingdom. |
June 10 | 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's commencement address at American University, where he called for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. Washington. |
June 10 | 20th anniversary of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Colin Powell's commencement speech at Harvard University where he said, "And today, I can declare my hope, declare it from the bottom of my heart, that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place." |
TBA | Foreign ministers meeting of the Non Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates). The Hague, Netherlands. |
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