| Feb. 1-? |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a ninth round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| Week of Feb. 8 |
Political directors from China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States meet to discuss new U.N. Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program (possible). Location TBA. |
| Week of Feb. 8 or 15 |
State Department issues an interim Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. |
| Feb. 9 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Kenneth Luongo, Partnership for Global Security, "Building a Next Generation Nuclear Material Security Framework." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. |
| Feb. 9 |
1:00-5:30 p.m., National Park Service, special session on the proposed Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Old Post Office Pavilion, Room M-09, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Cindy Kelly by email. |
| Feb. 9 |
Dutch government hosts a preparatory meeting for the U.S.-sponsored Global Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, April 12-13. The Hague, Netherlands (closed). |
| Feb. 9-12 |
Lynn Pascoe, U.N. Undersecretary General for Political Affairs, meets with North Korean officials. Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
| Feb. 10 |
9:30 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, hearing on the State Department budget, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
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| Feb. 10 |
2:00-3:00 p.m., Kenneth Luongo, Partnership for Global Security, and Matthew Bunn, Harvard University, "FY11 Budget and Securing Nuclear Materials." SVC-209 Capitol Visitor Center, Washington. Sponsored by the Stimson Center's Security for a New Century. |
| Feb. 10 |
2:15 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the international affairs budget, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website, video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Feb. 10 |
House floor action on the intelligence authorization bill, H.R. 2701. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Feb. 11 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Philipp Bleek, Harvard University, "Does Proliferation Beget Proliferation? Why Nuclear Dominoes Rarely Fall." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 505, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Feb. 11 |
Noon, Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists, and Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association, "Arms Control: How Many Nukes are Enough?" American University, Kay Spiritual Life Center Lounge, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by email. |
| Feb. 11 |
2:15-4:00 p.m., Bob Edgar, Common Cause; Craig Eisendrath, Project for Nuclear Awareness; Richard Nephew, State Department; Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council; Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer; and Jim Walsh, MIT, "Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Middle East Regional Solutions." Sponsored by the Project for Nuclear Awareness. At the United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave., NE, Conference Room 1, Washington. RSVP to Ian Ramsey-North by email. |
| Feb. 11-12 |
Energy Communities Alliance annual conference. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington. For information, contact Sharon Johnson by email or at (202) 828-2413. |
| Feb. 11-May 1 |
Footprints for Peace, International Peace Walk, Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN to the United Nations. |
| Feb. 12 |
1:30-5:00 p.m., Bruce Bechtol, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, "The North Korean Military Threat: Paper Tiger or Ongoing Menace?"; James Carafano, Heritage Foundation, "Protecting America from Nuclear Missile;" and Sydney Seiler, Office of Director of National Intelligence, "State of North Korea." Sponsored by the Institute for Corean-American Studies. B-318 Rayburn Office Building, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Feb. 12-13 |
University of California, "Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Winter Conference," with Robert Brown, Temple University; Justin Hastings, Georgia Tech; Tad Daley, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; Phillip Bleek, Georgetown University; Rachel Whitlark, George Washington University, and other speakers. University of California, Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Laura Martin by email. |
| Feb. 12-22 |
House and Senate Presidents Day recess. (Senate recess is Feb. 13-21.) |
| Feb. 15 |
7:00 a.m., Trident Ploughshares and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Aldermaston Blockade. AWE Aldermaston, United Kingdom. |
| 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)).
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| 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 |
Energy Department 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 |
Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
| Week of Feb. 15 or 22 |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano submits a report on Iran's nuclear program to the IAEA board of governors. Vienna, Austria. |
| Feb. 16 |
6:00-8:00 p.m., John Isaacs, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and Baker Spring, Heritage Foundation, "Resolved: Further Reductions in the Nuclear Arsenal are in the National Security Interest of the United States." PONI Live Debate. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, B1 Conference Center, Washington. RSVP to Chris Jones by email or at (202) 775-3234. |
| Feb. 16 |
7:00 p.m., Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize winner; Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy; Jeremy Corbyn, MP; and Bruce Kent, "Banning Nuclear Weapons is Easier than You Think." London School of Economics, Room D202, Clement House, Aldwych, London. |
| Feb. 16-19 |
ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, "Second Annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit: Modernizing the Infrastructure to Reduce the Nuclear Stockpile and Ensure Global Security," with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kyslyak, Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman, Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) administrator Thomas D'Agostino, Air Force Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, NNSA nonproliferation chief Ken Baker, former NNSA administrator Linton Brooks, former Sandia National Laboratories director Paul Robinson, former Assistant Defense Secretary Keith Payne, and other speakers. Mark Center Hotel, Alexandria, VA. Registration online. |
| Feb. 17 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Francis Gavin, University of Texas, "History and Policy in the Nuclear Age." MIT, E40-496, Lucien Pye Conference Room, Cambridge, MA. |
| Feb. 18 |
Time TBA, Vice President Joe Biden gives a major speech on nuclear nonproliferation. National Defense University, Washington. May be broadcast on CNN, and may be video webcast on the White House website. |
| Feb. 18 |
12:15-1:30 p.m., George Quester, University of Maryland, "The Last Time We Were at Global Zero in
Nuclear Weapons" 1107 Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. |
| Feb. 18 |
2:45-5:00 p.m., Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute; Mark Brzezinski, McGuireWoods LLP; Victor Cha, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Patrick Cronin; Center for a New American Security; Christopher Ford, Hudson Institute; and Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation, "Nuclear Nonproliferation and East Asia." Sponsored by the Hudson Institute and the Partnership for a Secure America. At the Hudson Institute, 1015 15th St., NW, Suite 600, Washington. RSVP to Richard Weitz by email. |
| Feb. 18-19 |
University of Innsbruck, "Ballistic Missile Defense: Global and Regional Dynamics." Vienna, Austria. |
| Feb. 19 |
8:30-9:30 a.m., John Harvey, Defense Department, "Managing the Nuclear Stockpile and Modernizing the Supporting Infrastructure." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, B1 Conference Room, Washington. RSVP to Andrew St. Denis by email or at (202) 887-0200, ext. 3416. |
| Feb. 19 |
2:00-4:00 p.m., Bates Gill, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, "China and Arms Control: New Ideas or More of the Same?" Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
| Feb. 22 |
9:00-11:00 a.m., Maria Rost Rublee, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Jacques Hymans, University of Southern California, "Assessing Current Nuclear Security Challenges." Sponsored by the Monterey Institute. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by email. |
| Feb. 22 |
12:30-1:30 p.m., Stephen Schwartz, Monterey Institute, and Christopher Preble, Cato Institute, "Nuclear Weapons Spending and the Future of the Arsenal." Sponsored by the Cato Institute. B-338 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online or call (202) 789-5229. |
| Feb. 25 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Bhumitra Chakma, Woodrow Wilson Center, "Deterrence With a Guardian? The U.S. Role in South Asia's Nuclear Deterrence." Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Feb. 25 |
7:00 p.m., Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, "The Transformation of American Nuclear Policy." Spokane Community College, Lair Auditorium (Building 6), Spokane, WA. |
| Feb. 25 |
7:00 p.m., Amb. Max Kampelman, former U.S. arms control negotiator, "Zero Nuclear Weapons for a Sane and Sustainable World." Fé Bland Forum, Santa Barbara City College, 721 Cliff Dr., Santa Barbara, CA. For information, contact Steven Crandell by email or at 805-965-3443. |
| Feb. 25 |
Defense Department reports on potential missile defense cooperation with Russia (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1256). |
| Feb. 28 |
Energy Departments submits to Congress a plan to ensure capability to monitor, analyze, and evaluate foreign nuclear weapons activities (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3132). |
| Feb. 28-March 2 |
NATO Defense College, "The Future of NATO's Nuclear Deterrent: The New Strategic Concept and the 2010 NPT Review." Rome (closed). |
| Feb. |
U.N. Security Council imposes a fourth set of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program (possible). United Nations. |
| Feb. |
Japanese officials and the National Nuclear Security Administration hold a meeting on nuclear forensics. Washington. |
| Feb. or March |
Senate Armed Services Committee, vote on the nomination of Donald Cook to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Location TBA, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website, video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Feb. or March |
Senate floor votes on the nominations of Philip Coyle to be Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; Laura Kennedy to be U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament; and Philip Goldberg to be Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (estimates). |
| Feb. or March |
Senate floor action on the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009, H.R. 3276 (estimate). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Feb. or March |
House-Senate conference committee completes a new Iran sanctions bill from the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, H.R. 2194 and the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009, S. 2799 (estimate). |
| Feb. or March |
Director of National Intelligence completes an update on the National Intelligence Estimate of Iran's nuclear program. |
| Feb. or March |
Missile Defense Agency attempts to shoot down a ballistic missile with the Airborne Laser. Edwards Air Force Base, CA. |
| Feb. or March |
National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. |
| Feb. or March |
National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Sustaining and Improving the Nation's Nuclear Forensics Capabilities. |
| March 1 |
6:00-8:00 p.m., Ploughshares Fund, special screening of Nuclear Tipping Point with former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Defense Secretary William Perry. Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. RSVP to the Ploughshares Fund by email or at (415) 775-2244. |
| March 1 |
Defense Department, in consultation with the Energy and State Departments, submits to Congress the Nuclear Posture Review (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1070) (delayed from Feb. 1). |
| March 1 |
10th anniversary of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
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| March 1-5 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. Iran's nuclear program will be on the agenda.
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| March 3 |
7:30 p.m., Scott Sagan, Stanford University, "Nuclear Power Without Nuclear Proliferation." Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Northern California; Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Silicon Valley Chapter; and Santa Clara County Library. At the Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos, CA. |
| March 4 |
12:15-2:00 p.m., Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Harvard University, "Nuclear Entrepreneurs: Drivers of Nuclear Proliferation." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. |
| March 5 |
40th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entering into force. |
| March 14-17 |
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Washington. |
| March 19-22 |
Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Hotel Crystal City-National Airport, Arlington, VA (March 19-21), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 22). |
| March 20 |
Nowruz. |
| March 21-22 |
Friends Committee on National Legislation spring lobby weekend. Friends Committee on National Legislation, 245 Second St., NE, Washington. For information, contact Matt Southworth by email or at (202) 547-6000, ext. 2501. |
| March 21-23 |
American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, Washington. Registration online. |
| March 24 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Miles Pomper, Seong Won Park, and Lawrence Scheinman, Monterey Institute, "The Domestic and International Politics of Spent Nuclear Fuel in South Korea: Are We Approaching Meltdown?" Korea Economic Institute, 1800 K St., NW, Suite 1010, Washington. RSVP online. |
| March 26 |
Conference on Disarmament first session for 2010 ends. Geneva. |
| March 26-27 |
German Marshall Fund, Brussels Forum. Brussels, Belgium. |
| March 27-April 12 |
House and Senate spring recess. (Senate recess is through April 11.) |
| March 29 |
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum, "Path Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons:
The Euro-Atlantic Challenge." Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. RSVP online. |
| March 29 |
Passover begins at sundown. Through April 6. |
| March 29-April 16 |
U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. |
| March 31 |
Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
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| March |
Director of National Intelligence completes a National Intelligence Estimate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (estimate). |
| March |
Preparatory meeting for the Global Nuclear Security Summit, April 12-13. Location TBA, Washington (closed). |
| March |
Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant begins limited operations (possible). |
| March or April |
House Appropriations Committee, markup of a war supplemental appropriations bill (estimate). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| March or April |
Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program resume (possible). Beijing. |
| March, April, or May |
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, markup of the State Department authorization bill, S. 2971. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website, video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| April 2 |
Good Friday.
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| April 4 |
Easter.
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| April 6 |
Special election to replace former Rep. Robert Wexler (FL-19). |
| April 8-9 |
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) Spring Conference. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP by April 2 online. |
| April 8-29 |
Walk for Nuclear Disarmament. Washington to New York. |
| April 9 |
National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran. |
| April 12 |
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Fissile Material Working Group, "Next Generation Nuclear Security: Meeting the Global Challenge." Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
| April 12 |
Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1234). |
| April 12-13 |
President Obama hosts a Global Nuclear Security Summit. Location TBA, Washington (closed). |
| April 14 |
U.S. senators and Russian legislators hold discussions on ratification of the START follow-on agreement, sponsored by Sen. Ben Nelson (NE) and Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Russian Federation Council's International Affairs Committee (estimate). Washington. |
| April 14 |
Energy Department reports to Congress on the implementation of a research and development plan to improve nuclear forensics capabilities (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 3114).
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| 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 26 |
President Obama submits to Congress a five-year plan for improving nuclear forensic and attribution capabilities (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1036). |
| April 30 |
Second Conference of States Parties and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones. United Nations. |
| April 30-May 1 |
For Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!, "International Conference on Nuclear Abolition, Peace, and Disarmament." Riverside Church of New York, 490 Riverside Dr., New York. |
| April |
President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign a START follow-on agreement. Washington or Prague, Czech Republic (possible). |
| April |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex. |
| April or May |
House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be video and audio webcast on the committee website depending on the room location. |
| April or May |
Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of a war supplemental appropriations bill (estimate). May be video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on the room location. |
| 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 the Defense Department website.
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| May 1 |
Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress a plan for maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523). |
| May 2 |
2:00 p.m., For Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!, International Action Day for a Nuclear Free World, march, rally, and festival. Location TBA, New York. |
| May 3-28 |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations. |
| May 6 |
United Kingdom general elections (estimate). |
| May 18 |
Pennsylvania special election to replace the late Rep. John Murtha (PA-12) (estimate). |
| May 20 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., James Acton, Carnegie Endowment, topic TBA. Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| May 28-June 1 |
NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session. Riga, Latvia. |
| May 29-June 7 |
House and Senate Memorial Day recess. (Senate recess is through June 6.) |
| May 31 |
Memorial Day (holiday).
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| May 31 |
Conference on Disarmament second session for 2010 begins. Through July 16. Geneva. |
| May |
House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| May |
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| May |
President Obama submits the START follow-on agreement to the Senate for ratification (possible). |
| May |
President Obama submits to Congress a 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251). (Due by the time of the submission of the START follow-on agreement to the Senate.) |
| May |
Special election to replace former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI-1) (estimate). |
| May |
Iranian government hosts an international conference on nuclear disarmament. Tehran, Iran. |
| May or June |
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| May or June |
Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| May or June |
Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Wellington, New Zealand. |
| June 1-3 |
Arab Institute for Security Studies (ACSIS), "Beyond the 2010 Review Conference: Prospects for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament" (tentative dates). Amman, Jordan. For information, contact ACSIS by email. |
| June 5 |
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Abolition Action Day. |
| June 7-11 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| June 25-26 |
President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. An update of the G-8 Global Partnership Against the Proliferation of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction is on the agenda. |
| June 26-27 |
President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Toronto. |
| June |
Defense Department and Director of National Intelligence submit a Space Posture Review to Congress (estimate; was due Dec. 1, 2009) (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 913). |
| June |
U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| June |
National Nuclear Security Administration, issues the draft environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada Test Site. |
| June |
Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism annual meeting. United Arab Emirates. |
| July 3-5 |
Nukewatch and the Nuclear Resister, Nuclear Free Future Conference. Maryville College, Maryville, TN. |
| July 3-12 |
House and Senate Independence Day recess. (Senate recess is through July 11.) |
| July 4 |
Independence Day. |
| July 5 |
Independence Day observed (holiday).
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| July 10 |
25th anniversary of the destruction by the French government of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior on its way to Murorua Atoll to protest French nuclear testing. Auckland, New Zealand.
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| July 16 |
Conference on Disarmament second session for 2010 begins ends. Geneva. |
| July 16 |
Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
| July 25 |
Government Accountability Office reports to Congress on the Stockpile Stewardship Program of the National Nuclear Security Administration (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3133). |
| July or week of Aug. 2 |
Senate floor action on the START follow-on agreement (possible). |
| Aug. 6 |
Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 7-Sept. 13 |
House and Senate August and Rosh Hashanah recess. (Senate recess is through Sept. 12.) |
| Aug. 9 |
Conference on Disarmament third and last session for 2010 begins. Through Sept. 24. Geneva. |
| Aug. 9 |
Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 11 |
Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Sept. 10. |
| Aug. 11-12 |
U.S. Strategic Command, "2010 Deterrence Symposium." Omaha, NE. |
| Aug. 23-27 |
Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
| Aug. 29 |
International Day Against Nuclear Tests (U.N. General Assembly Resolution A/C.1/64/L.14/Rev.1). |
| 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. 1 |
Director of National Intelligence submits a biennial report to Congress on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1055). |
| Sept. 6 |
Labor Day (holiday).
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| Sept. 8 |
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 10.
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| Sept. 9 |
Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown. Through Sept. 12. |
| Sept. 11 |
Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
| Sept. 13-17 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Sept. 17 |
Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 18.
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| Sept. 20-24 |
International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria
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| Sept. 21 |
~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN and video webcast on the U.N. website. |
| Sept. 24 |
Conference on Disarmament third and last session for 2010 ends. Geneva. |
| Sept. 27 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Sept. |
State Department issues the final version of Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. |
| Sept. |
U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| Fall |
National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex. |
| Oct. 1 |
Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 4-Nov. 1 |
U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
| Oct. 8 |
5:00 a.m. EDT, Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway |
| Oct. 8 |
House of Representatives target date for adjournment. |
| Oct. 9-12 |
Senate Columbus Day recess. |
| Oct. 10-12 |
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, International Conference on Achieving a Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense Free Asia, Nagpur, India. |
| Oct. 11 |
Columbus Day (federal holiday).
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| Oct. 24 |
United Nations Day. |
| Oct. 27 |
Energy Department 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). |
| Oct. 31 |
National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232). |
| Oct. or Nov. |
NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session. Location TBA. |
| Oct. or Nov. |
Nuclear Suppliers Group consultative group meeting. Vienna, Austria.
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| Nov. 2 |
U.S. Election Day. |
| Nov. 10-11 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Yokohama, Japan. |
| Nov. 11 |
Veterans Day (federal holiday).
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| 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, Washington. |
| Nov. 13-14 |
President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Yokohama, Japan. |
| Nov. 19-21 |
NATO summit, which will adopt a new Strategic Concept. Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving (holiday). |
| Nov. 26 |
Energy Department submits to Congress a report by the JASON Defense Advisory Group on the value of the planned B61-12 nuclear bomb (House Report 111-278, p. 127). |
| Nov. 29-Dec. 3 |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Nov. |
U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs and South Korean Foreign Ministry, "Annual Joint Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation." Jeju Island, South Korea. |
| Nov. |
German Marshall Fund, Halifax International Security Forum. Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Dec. 1 |
Energy Department 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. 1 |
Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 9.
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| Dec. 2-3 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Dec. 6-10 |
Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva. |
| Dec. 10 |
7:00 a.m. EST, Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway. |
| Dec. 24 |
Christmas observed (holiday).
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| Dec. 25 |
Christmas.
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| Dec. 31 |
Due date for Libya to destroy its stocks of chemical weapons under the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
| Dec. 31 |
New Year's Day observed (federal holiday). |
| Dec. |
NATO annual Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation (estimate). Location TBA. |
| TBA |
President Obama submits an annual National Security Strategy to Congress (50 U.S. Code Sec. 404a) (Was due Feb. 1). |
| TBA |
President Obama visits India. |
| TBA |
President Obama visits Israel. |
| 2011 |
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| Jan. 1 |
New Year's Day (holiday). |
| Jan. 1 |
Energy Department 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).
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| Jan. 1 |
Energy Departments submits to Congress a review by the National Academy of Sciences of the national security laboratories (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3131). |
| Jan. 4 |
Congress convenes (estimate). |
| Jan. 17 |
Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 begins. Through March 25 (estimate). Geneva. |
| Jan. 17 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
| 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)).
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| Late Jan. or early Feb. |
President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on other networks.
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| 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 National Counterproliferation Center website. |
| Feb. 7 |
President Obama submits an annual National Security Strategy report to Congress (50 U.S. Code Sec. 404a).
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| 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. 7 |
President Obama submits an annual National Security Strategy report to Congress (50 U.S. Code Sec. 404a). |
| 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)).
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| 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 |
Energy Department 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. 21 |
Presidents Day (federal holiday).
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| 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 20 |
Nowruz. |
| March 28-29 |
Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
