| Uncertain |
National Academy of Sciences issues its second phase report on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile (Public Law 109-364, Sec. 3116). |
| Nov. 24 |
Due date for comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration's final SPEIS (Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) for Complex Transformation, the proposed plan to modernize the nuclear weapons complex. Comments can be submitted by email. |
| Nov. 27 |
Thanksgiving (holiday) |
| Nov. 27-28 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Nov. or Dec. |
President releases an unclassified, executive summary of a Global Nuclear Security report to Congress on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (was due Sept. 1; Public Law 110-181, Sec. 3134). |
| Nov. or Dec. |
State Department's International Security Advisory Board issues a report on China's Strategic Modernization. A draft of the report is on the Washington Times website. |
| Nov. or Dec. |
National Academy of Sciences issues the first phase report on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile (Public Law 109-364, Sec. 3116). |
| Dec. 1 |
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, chaired by former Defense Secretary William Perry, issues an interim report to Congress (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1062 and Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1060). |
| Dec. 1-5 |
Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva |
| Dec. 2 |
Georgia run-off election between Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) and Jim Martin (D) |
| Dec. 2 |
9:00-11:00 a.m., Peter Scoblic, The New Republic, "Progressives Change the Debate around Nuclear Disarmament: Practical Applications of New Psychological Research." Third Way, 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 501, Washington |
| Dec. 2-3 |
NATO foreign ministers meeting. Budapest, Hungary |
| Dec. 2-5 |
ExchangeMonitor Publications, "Nuclear Deterrence Summit," with keynote speakers Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA), and Thomas D'Agostino, National Nuclear Security Administration. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington. Registration online. |
| Dec. 2-5 |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands |
| Dec. 3 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Richard Hatchett, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "Public Health Preparedness and the Unthinkable: Reflections on Nuclear Terrorism and Pandemic Influenza." Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, Reuben W. Hills Conference Room, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., 2nd floor, Stanford, CA |
| Dec. 3 |
12:30 p.m., Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, chaired by former Sen. Bob Graham, issues its report (Public Law 110-53, Sec. 1851 et seq.). S-207 Capitol Building, Washington |
| Dec. 3 |
12:30-2:00 p.m., Takeo Akiba, Japanese Foreign Affairs Ministry; Tamim Khallaf, Egyptian Foreign Affairs Ministry; and Sarah MacIntosh, U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, "The Challenges Facing Nuclear Nonproliferation and the Impact on International Security." Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Bowie-Vernon Room N262, 1033 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA |
| Dec. 4 |
6;30-9:00 p.m., Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, guest of honor, ICAS Annual Liberty Award Dinner, 325 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington |
| Dec. 5 |
U.S. and Russian due date on the decision to extend the START nuclear arms reduction treaty. (The treaty expires Dec. 5, 2009.)
|
| Dec. 6 |
Louisiana general election in Congressional District 2 between Rep. William Jefferson (D) and Anh Cao (R), and in Congressional District 4 between Paul Carmouche (D) and John Fleming (R) (Elections were rescheduled because of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.) |
| Week of Dec. 8 |
House and Senate reconvene for a lame-duck session. |
| Dec. 9 |
1:00 p.m., Energy Department, public hearing on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership draft PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement). Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C St., SW, Washington. (Other public hearings are held across the country, Nov. 17-Dec. 4.) |
| Dec. 11 |
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Peace and Security Initiative community-wide meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington |
| Dec. 16 |
9:00 a.m., Minnesota statewide canvassing board begins meeting to certify the winner in the Senate election between Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and Al Franken (D). St. Paul, MN. The certification process could take several days. |
| Dec. 16 |
Due date for comments on the Energy Department's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership draft PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement). Comments can be submitted by online. |
| Dec. 21 |
Hanukkah begins at sundown. |
| Dec. 25 |
Christmas (holiday) |
| Dec. |
John Rood, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, meets with Russian officials on the extension of the START nuclear arms reduction treaty, which expires Dec. 5, 2009 (possible). Moscow |
| Dec. |
Defense Secretary's Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management, chaired by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, submits its final classified and unclassified reports to the Defense Department on needed changes in nuclear weapons management. |
| Dec. |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues several records of decision on the SPEIS (Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) for Complex Transformation, the proposed plan to modernize the nuclear weapons complex (possible). |
| Dec. |
Shchuch'ye chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia begins operations (tentative). |
| Dec. or Jan. |
Missile Defense Agency conducts a ground-based missile defense test, FTG-05 (tentative). Kodiak Launch Complex, AK, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA |
| 2009 |
|
| Jan. 1 |
New Year's Day (holiday) |
| Jan. 1 |
Energy Department reports 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. 3 |
Noon, 110th Congress term expires. |
| Jan. 6 |
Noon, 111th Congress convenes. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2. |
| Week of Jan. 6 or 12 |
Leaders of the House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittees adopt an energy and water appropriations bill for fiscal year 2009, as part of a larger omnibus appropriations bill, to be submitted to President Obama (estimate). |
| Jan. 19 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday) |
| Jan. 19 |
Conference on Disarmament first session for 2009 begins. Geneva |
| Jan. 20 |
Noon, Inauguration of President Obama. U.S. Capitol, Washington. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on CNN and other networks. |
| Jan. 31 |
President reports 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 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 Feb. |
Czech parliament votes on the proposed U.S. missile defense radar agreement (possible). Prague, Czech Republic |
| Late Jan. or Feb. |
Polish legislature votes on the proposed U.S. missile intercept base agreement (possible). Warsaw, Poland |
| Feb. 2 |
President Obama submits the federal budget to Congress. (The budget, prepared by the outgoing Bush administration, is expected to be a pared down, "continuing services" budget.) |
| Feb. 10 |
Israeli general election |
| Feb. 14-22 |
House and Senate Presidents Day recess (estimate) |
| Feb. 15 |
President reports 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 reports to Congress on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code 2431 note). |
| Feb. 15 |
Energy Department reports to Congress on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (Public Law 107-314, Sec. 3182). |
| Feb. 16 |
Presidents Day (federal holiday)
|
| March 2-6 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
|
| March 6 |
Federal continuing resolution, which funds most of the federal government, expires. |
| March 13-16 |
Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, VA (March 13-15), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 16) |
| March 15 |
President reports to Congress on Russian proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile items to Iran and to other countries of proliferation concern (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note).
|
| March 20 |
Sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. (Air strikes began on March 19.) |
| March 27 |
Conference on Disarmament first session for 2009 ends. Geneva |
| March 31 |
Energy Department reports to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110). |
| March |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory completes the National Ignition Facility. Livermore, CA
|
| March or April |
President Obama submits a budget amendment to Congress for fiscal year 2010 (estimate). |
| April 1 |
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, chaired by former Defense Secretary William Perry, issues its final report to Congress (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1062 and Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1060). |
| April 1 |
NATO 60th anniversary summit. Strasbourg, France, and Kehl, Germany |
| April 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on nonnuclear prompt global strike technologies (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 257). |
| April 1 |
10th anniversary of the merger of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency into the State Department |
| April 4-12 |
Senate spring recess (estimate) |
| April 4-19 |
House of Representatives spring recess (estimate) |
| April 6-7 |
Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington |
| April 8 |
Passover begins at sundown. |
| April 10 |
Good Friday |
| April 12 |
Easter |
| April 12 |
Director of National Intelligence reports to Congress on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1234). |
| April 13-May 1 |
UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations |
| April 14 |
Energy Department reports to Congress on a research and development plan to improve nuclear forensics capabilities (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 3114). |
| April 15 |
President reports to Congress on the implementation of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), or "Moscow Treaty" (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(2)). |
| April 25-29 |
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability DC Days. Washington |
| May 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). (Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website.) |
| May 1 |
Indian general election (estimate) |
| May 3-5 |
American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Pl., NW, Washington |
| May 4-15 |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty preparatory committee meeting for the review conference in 2010. United Nations, New York |
| May 18 |
Conference on Disarmament second session for 2009 begins. Geneva |
| May 20 |
President reports to Congress on nonproliferation and threat reduction objectives (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2357g). |
| May 23-31 |
House and Senate Memorial Day recess (estimate) |
| May 25 |
Memorial Day (holiday)
|
| June 12 |
Iranian presidential election
|
| June 19 |
President submits a National Security Strategy report to Congress (50 U.S. Code Sec. 404a). |
| June 27-July 5 |
House and Senate Independence Day recess (estimate) |
| July 3 |
Independence Day observed (holiday)
|
| July 3 |
Conference on Disarmament second session for 2009 ends. Geneva |
| July 4 |
Independence Day
|
| July 8-10 |
G8 summit. La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy
|
| July 16 |
Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM |
| July or Aug. |
Iran begins operating the Bushehr nuclear power plant (possible). |
| Aug. 3 |
Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2009 begins. Geneva |
| Aug. 6 |
Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing |
| Aug. 8-Sept. 8 |
House and Senate August recess (estimate) |
| Aug. 9 |
Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing |
| Sept. 1 |
President releases an unclassified, executive summary of a Global Nuclear Security report to Congress on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 3134). |
| Sept. 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on a review of nonnuclear prompt global strike concepts (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 257). |
| Sept. 7 |
Labor Day (holiday)
|
| Sept. 7-11 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Sept. 11 |
Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon |
| Sept. 14-18 |
International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria. The successor to general director Mohammed ElBaradei will be presented for approval.
|
| Sept. 18 |
Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2009 ends. Geneva |
| Sept. 18 |
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. |
| Sept. 21 |
President Obama addresses the UN General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN and video webcast on the UN website. |
| Sept. 21 |
Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan |
| Week of Sept. 21 or 28 |
Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (estimate). United Nations |
| Sept. 22 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Sept. 27 |
German Federal Assembly, or Bundestag, election |
| Sept. 27 |
Yom Kippur begins at sundown. |
| Sept. |
U.S. Air Force begins operating the Global Strike Command for nuclear missiles and bombers. |
| Sept. |
Annual UN Department of Public Information/NGO Conference. The theme is disarmament (tentative). United Nations |
| Sept. |
Japanese general election (possible; may be held earlier)
|
| Fall |
Russia closes its last weapons-grade plutonium production reactor at Zheleznogorsk (possible). |
| Oct. 1 |
Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 1 |
National Nuclear Security Administration administrator reports to Congress on a review of the Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 3116). |
| Oct. 9 |
5:00 a.m. EDT, Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway |
| Oct. 9 |
Congress adjourns (estimate). |
| Oct. 12 |
Columbus Day (federal holiday)
|
| Oct. 14 |
President reports to Congress on the inventory of the nuclear arsenals of all countries, an assessment of their risks, and recommendations for improving security and safeguards (Public Law 100-417, Sec. 1044). |
| Oct. 14 |
Director of National Intelligence reports to Congress on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1234). |
| Oct. 18 |
10th anniversary of the Senate defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
| Oct. 24 |
United Nations Day |
| Oct.-Nov. |
UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations
|
| Nov. 9 |
20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall |
| Nov. 11 |
Veterans Day (federal holiday) |
| Nov. 12-15 |
Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting. Washington |
| Nov. 26 |
Thanksgiving (holiday) |
| Nov. 26-27 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Nov. |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Singapore |
| Nov. or Dec. |
International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese foreign minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, issues its report. Location TBA |
| Dec. 1 |
Energy Department submits a classified report to Congress on the U.S. 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 Energy and Water Appropriations Report for Fiscal Year 2009, p. 124, not yet published). |
| Dec. 1 |
A new International Atomic Energy Agency director general takes office. Vienna, Austria |
| Dec. 5 |
START nuclear arms reduction treaty expires. |
| Dec. 11 |
Hanukkah begins at sundown. |
| Dec. 25 |
Christmas (holiday) |
| Dec. 31 |
Defense Department, in consultation with the Energy and State Departments, completes a U.S. nuclear posture review (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1070). However, the report does not have to be submitted to Congress until Feb. 1, 2010. |
| Early Dec. |
Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva
|
| Early Dec. |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands |
| 2010 |
|
| Jan. 5 |
Noon, Congress convenes (estimate). |
| Jan. 15 |
Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation reports to the Defense Department and Congress on the status of the Airborne Laser System of the missile defense system (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 235). |
| Jan. 31 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on U.S. ballistic missile defense policy and strategy (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 234). |
| Late-Jan. or early Feb. |
President Obama delivers the State of the Union address. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on other networks. |
| Feb. 1 |
President submits the federal budget to Congress. |
| Feb. 1 |
Defense Department submits the Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress (10 U.S. Code Sec. 118). |
| Feb. 1 |
Defense Department, in consultation with the Energy and State Departments, submits a U.S. nuclear posture review to Congress (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1070). |
| March 1 |
10th anniversary of the National Nuclear Security Administration
|
| March 5 |
40th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entering into force
|
| 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). |
| April 26-May 21 |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations |
