Nuclear Calendar -- September 13, 2010 (FCNL)

Sept. 12-15	U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth, U.S. representative to the six-party nuclear talks Sung Kim, and National Security Council Asia specialist Daniel Russell meet with South Korean, Japanese, and Chinese officials to discuss the resumptions of talks on North Korea's nuclear program. Seoul (Sept. 12-13), Tokyo (Sept. 14), and Beijing (Sept. 15).
Sept. 13	11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., John Doesburg, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, "Task Force--Elimination: Department of Defense's Lead for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)." Sponsored by the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy. At the UT Outreach Center, 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN. RSVP by Sept. 8 to Betsy Harrell by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at (865) 974-0931.
Sept. 13	Noon-1:30 p.m., Gen. Kevin Chilton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense, and Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, Sept. 10 to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Transcript available online from National Security Reports.
Sept. 13	2:00-3:00 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, and Richard Burt, Global Zero, "A Discussion on the New START Treaty." Georgetown University, Copley Formal Lounge, 37th and O Sts., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Georgetown University website, but you must RSVP for the webcast in advance.
Sept. 13	2:00-4:00 p.m., Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, "Missiles for Peace: Dual-Track Options." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Sept. 13	2:30 p.m., Senate returns from summer recess.
Sept. 13	7:00-9:00 p.m., Sen. Richard Lugar (IN), "America and the New Nuclear Strategy." George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St., NW, Washington. Event is full.
Sept. 13	Federal agencies submit their initial budgets for fiscal year 2012 to the Office of Management and Budget. (Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 7.)
Sept. 13-17	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Week of Sept. 13	Continued showing of the film Countdown to Zero in Tempe, AZ; Kansas City, MO; Columbus, OH; Nashville, TN; and San Antonio, TX. Tickets available online.
Week of Sept. 13	Workers' Party of (North) Korea meets to pick new leadership. Pyongyang, North Korea.
Sept. 14	8:00-9:00 a.m., Peppi DeBiaso, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, "Missile Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by Sept. 10 to Elma Rhue byThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Transcript available online from National Security Reports.
Sept. 14	Noon-2:00 p.m., Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University; Robert Litwak, Wilson Center; and Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, "Deterring a Nuclear Iran: Can It Be Done?" Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Regan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website.
Sept. 14	1:30-3:30 p.m., Mark Gunzinger, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), "Sustaining America's Strategic Advantage in Long-Range Strike." Sponsored by CSBA. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP to CSBA by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sept. 14	2:00 p.m., House of Representatives returns from summer recess.
Sept. 14	11:55 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Sept. 15, United for Peace and Justice Disarmament Working Group, protest against the launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, front gate, north of Lompoc, CA.
Sept. 15	Time TBA, U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. From Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, toward Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Sept. 15	10:00 a.m., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hearing on "Nuclear Terrorism: Strengthening Our Domestic Defenses," with Warren Stern, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Homeland Security Department (DHS); Robin Kane, Transportation Security Administration, DHS; John Woods, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS; Todd Owen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS; Rear Adm. Cari Thomas, U.S. Coast Guard; and Melissa Smislova, Associate Deputy Undersecretary of Homeland Security for Analysis. 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on thecommittee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
Sept. 15	Noon-1:30 p.m., Matthew Bunn, Harvard University, "Corruption: A Central Underappreciated Factor in Nuclear Proliferation." MIT, E40 496, Lucien Pye Conference Room, Cambridge, MA.
Sept. 15	Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov meets with Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Pentagon, Washington. The agenda includes missile defense, arms control, and other matters.
Sept. 15	5:00-7:00 p.m., Paula DeSutter, former Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; and Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution, "Is New START Smart." Sponsored by the Hamilton Society. SAIS, Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sept. 16	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 Sept. 14 to Elma Rhue by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Transcript available online from National Security Reports.
Sept. 16	9:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the New START Treaty. Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location.
Sept. 17	Noon-2:00 p.m., Mustafa Kibaroglu, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, "Turkey's Nuclear Future: A View from Ankara." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA.
Sept. 17	Due date for comments to the National Nuclear Security Administration on its intent to do a supplemental environmental impact status for surplus plutonium disposition. Comments can be submitted by email toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sept. 17	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Colorado Springs, CO; Des Moines, IA; Fort Wayne, IN, and Burlington, VT. Tickets available online.
Sept. 17	Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 18.
Sept. 17-20	House of Representatives Yom Kippur recess.
Sept. 20	5:00 p.m., Albuquerque (NM) City Council votes on a resolution by Councilor Rey Garduño calling for an increase in funding for the Pantex Plant, TX, to dismantle additional nuclear weapons at the Kirtland Air Force Base, NM (Albuquerque City Council Resolution R-10-121). Webcast on the City of Albuquerque website.
Sept. 20-24	9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bruce MacDonald, U.S. Institute of Peace, and other speakers, "21st Century Issues in Strategic Arms Control and Nuclear Nonproliferation," U.S. Institute of Peace, 1200 17th St., NW, Suite 200, Washington. A free, non-specialist overview of strategic arms control and nuclear nonproliferation policy issues. Apply online. For information, contact Brian Rose by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sept. 20-24	International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria
Week of Sept. 20	Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (possible). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location.
Week of Sept. 20	Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill (possible). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location.
Week of Sept. 20 or 27	Russian Navy test launches a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the submarine Dmitri Donskoy (tentative). White Sea, Russia.
Sept. 21	8:00 p.m. Lawrence Korb, Center for American Progress, "National Security in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction." Grinnell College, Joe Rosenfield Center 101, Grinnell, IA.
Sept. 21	International Day of Peace.
Sept. 21-22	Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) fall conference, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, United Kingdom. Due date for registration for non-U.K. citizens is past.
Sept. 22	7:30 p.m., screening of Countdown to Zero, followed by a discussion. Sponsored by the Greenwich Forum on War and Peace. At the Avon Theatre, 272 Bedford St., Stamford, CT.
Sept. 22	8:00 p.m. Janne Nolan, University of Pittsburgh, "Nuclear Security and Military Change." Grinnell College, Joe Rosenfield Center 101, Grinnell, IA.
Sept. 22	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Stamford, CT. Tickets availableonline.
Sept. 23	~10:00 a.m. (estimate), President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, may be video webcast on the White House website, and video webcast on the U.N. website.
Sept. 23	12:15-1:30 p.m., Peter Scoblic, professional staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "A New START: The Ratification Process." University of Maryland, 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
Sept. 23	12:15-2:00 p.m., Joan Johnson-Freese, Naval War College, "The Geostrategic Implications of an Asian Space Race." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA.
Sept. 23	3:00-5:00 p.m., Matthew Kroenig, author of Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, and David Albright, author ofPeddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America's Enemies, "Parsing the Hype: How Nuclear Materials and Technology Spread." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Sept. 23	~4:00 p.m. (estimate), Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses theU.N. General Assembly. United Nations. May be broadcast on CNN. Video webcast on Iranian Press TV and on the U.N. website.
Sept. 24	8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosts a high-level meeting on "Revitalizing the Work of the Conference on Disarmament and Taking Forward Multilateral Disarmament Negotiations." United Nations, Economic and Social Council Chamber, North Lawn Building. Webcast on the U.N. website.
Sept. 24	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Fort Collins, CO; Columbia, MO; Springfield, MO; Greenville, SC; and Manchester, VT. Tickets availableonline.
Sept. 26	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Nevada City, CA. Tickets available online.
Sept. 27	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Week of Sept. 27	House and Senate floor action on a continuing resolution through Nov. 15 or 30 for remaining appropriations bills, including the energy and water appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast, video webcast, and audio webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2.
Week of Sept. 27	India test launches its Agni II medium range ballistic missile (tentative). Wheeler Island Missile Test Facility, Orissa, India.
Sept. 28	9:00-10:30 a.m., Alexander Kupatadze, George Washington University, and Elena Sokova, Monterey Institute, "Organized Crime and the Trafficking of Radiological Materials: The Case of Georgia." Sponsored by the Monterey Institute. At George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Sixth Floor, Lindner Family Commons, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sept. 29	4:15 p.m., Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association, "Nuclear Arms Control: What's the Rush?" Grinnell College, Alumni Recitation Hall, Room 102, 1226 Park St., Grinnell, IA.
Sept. 29	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Jackson, WY. Tickets availableonline.
Sept.	House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill (possible). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
Sept.	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the Robert Mikulak to be the representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
Sept.	Iran resumes talks on its nuclear program, with China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States (possible). Location TBA.
Fall	Defense Department and the Director of National Intelligence submit a Space Posture Review to Congress (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 913) (estimate).
Fall	State Department issues its Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
Fall	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN.
Fall	Director of National Intelligence completes a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program (estimate) (classified).
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 releases a report on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex (estimate).
Fall	Russian Federal Assembly ratifies the New START Treaty (estimate). Moscow.
Fall	Indonesian parliament ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (estimate). Jakarta, Indonesia.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 1	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Tulsa, OK. Tickets availableonline.
Oct. 2	8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Trinity Site open house. Alamogordo, NM.
Oct. 2-9	Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, "Keep Space for Peace Week," with events in over 30 cities.
Oct. 2-Nov. 14	House of Representatives recesses for the elections (estimate).
Week of Oct. 4	Senate floor action on the nominations of Anne Harrington to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, and Robert Mikulak to be the representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (possible).
Week of Oct. 4	Nuclear Security Summit sherpas meeting. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Oct. 4-Nov. 2	U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations.
Week of Oct. 4, Nov., or Dec.	Senate floor action on the New START Treaty (possible). Broadcast, video webcast, and audio webcast on C-SPAN2.
Oct. 7	4:00-6:00 p.m., Avner Cohen, Monterey Institute; Samuel Lewis, former ambassador to Israel; and Bruce Riedel, National Security Council, "The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website.
Oct. 8	5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 9-Nov. 14	Senate recesses for the elections (estimate).
Oct. 10	4:30 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. Cape Ann Community Cinema, 21 Main St., Second Floor, Gloucester, MA.
Oct. 11	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 13	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Norfolk, VA. Tickets availableonline.
Oct. 13-14	South Korea hosts a Proliferation Security Initiative exercise off Busan, South Korea.
Oct. 18	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Portsmouth, NH. Tickets available online.
Oct. 18	6:00-7:30 p.m., Laura Holgate, National Security Staff, White House, and Eric Loewen, GE-Hitachi, "Reducing the Risks of Nuclear Terrorism." Sponsored by Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Chemical Society, and Georgetown University. At AAAS, Auditorium, 1200 New York Ave., Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 19-21	Arab Institute for Security Studies, "Beyond the 2010 Review Conference: Prospects for Nuclear Non-Proliferation." Cairo, Egypt.
Oct. 24	United Nations Day.
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. 27	Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) capstone conference. U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE.
Oct. 29	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Mesilla, NM. Tickets availableonline.
Oct.	National Nuclear Security Administration, issues the draft environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site.
Oct.	British government releases its Strategic Defense and Security Review.
Oct. or Nov.	Nuclear Suppliers Group consultative group meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Nov. 2	U.S. Election Day.
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. 4	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Jacksonville, FL. Tickets available online.
Week of Nov. 8	President Obama visits India (estimate).
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, "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. 15).
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. 15	House and Senate return for a lame-duck session of Congress. New senators from Delaware and Illinois take office. (The temporary appointments of Sens. Ted Kaufman (DE) and Roland Burris (IL) expire on Nov. 2.)
Nov. 15	Additional release of the film Countdown to Zero in Anchorage, AK. Tickets available online.
Nov. 17	Eid Al-Adha.
Nov. 19-20	President Obama attends the NATO summit, which will adopt a new Strategic Concept. Lisbon, Portugal.
Nov. 20-28	House and Senate Thanksgiving recess.
Nov. 25	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov. 29-Dec. 3	Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands.
Nov. 29-?	House and Senate continue the lame-duck session of Congress (possible)
Nov.	Senate 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.	U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, Annual Joint Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju Island, South Korea.
Nov. or 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. 1	President's Fiscal Commission 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. 6-10	Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva.
Dec. 9-12	Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, "Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World." New Delhi.
Dec. 10	7:00 a.m. EST (1:00 p.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway.
Dec. 24	Christmas observed (federal holiday).
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
Dec. 31	New Year's Day observed (federal holiday).
Dec.	Senate floor vote on the nomination of Philip Coyle to be an Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (possible). (Coyle received a recess appointment in July through Jan. 3, 2011, but his regular nomination is still pending.)
Dec.	House and Senate floor action on an omnibus appropriations bill or a continuing resolution, which includes the energy and water appropriations bill and other bills (possible).
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 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.
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)).
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	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. 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. 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.
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 5 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 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). Previous reports are posted on the State Department website.
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 will be webcast on IranianPress 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 Technologyinternational 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 the final environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada National Security Site.
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.	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. The concluding news conference may be video webcast on the United Nations website.

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