United States of America
Calendar of U.S. national and international events related to nuclear weapons and proliferation issues.
| Dec. 25-Jan. 19 | Senate end of session recess. |
| Week of Jan. 11 | Iran and United States continue negotiations over supplying nuclear fuel for Iran’s Tehran Research Reactor. |
| Jan. 15 | 10:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, field hearing on “The Impact of U.S. Export Controls on National Security, Science and Technological Leadership,” with John Hennessy, Stanford University, and William Potter, Monterey Institute of International Studies. At Stanford University, Arrillaga Alumni Center, First Floor, 326 Galvez St., Palo Alto, CA. Webcast on the House Foreign Affairs Committee website. |
| Jan. 15 | Defense Department’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation reports to the Secretary of Defense and to Congress on the status of the Airborne Laser System of the missile defense system (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 235). |
| Jan. 18 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
| Jan. 18 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2010 begins. Through March 26. Geneva. |
| Jan. 19 | Massachusetts special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, with state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) versus state Sen. Scott Brown (R). |
| Jan. 20 | Senate convenes for legislative business. |
| Jan. 20 | 4:00-5:30 p.m., Houston Wood, University of Virginia; David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security; and Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation, “The History of the Gas Centrifuge and its Role in Nuclear Proliferation.” Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| Jan 20-21 | IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy, “Air, Space, and Cyberspace Power in the 21st Century.” Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Registration online. |
| Jan. 20-22 or week of Jan. 25 | Senate floor action on the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009, S. 2799. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Jan. 21 | 10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on hearing on the status of the Air Force nuclear security roadmap, with Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, Air Force Global Strike Command; Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, Strategic Deterrent and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force; and Brig. Gen. Everett Thomas, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. HVC-210 Capitol Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| Jan. 21 | 4:00-7:00 p.m., Vandenberg Witness, protest against the missile defense test. Front gate of the Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| Jan. 21-22 | Middle Powers Initiative, “Atlanta Consultation III: Fulfilling the NPT,” Carter Center, Atlanta (closed). For information, contact Jim Wurst by email. |
| Jan. 22 | Time TBA, Missile Defense Agency conducts a Ground-Based Interceptor test, FTG-06, for the missile defense system. Reagan Test Site, Marshall Islands, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. The test will simulate an Iranian missile attack on the United States. |
| Jan. 22 | 9:00-10:30 a.m., Gareth Evans, International Crisis Group; William Perry, Former Secretary of Defense; Jessica Mathews, President of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “Eliminating Nuclear Threats – A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers.” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Jan. 25 | 11:45 a.m., Sundance Film Festival, world premiere of Countdown to Zero. Park City, UT. Also shown on Jan. 27, 29, and 30. |
| Jan. 25 | 4:00-5:30 p.m., Sidney Drell, Hoover Institution; George Shultz, former Secretary of State; and Philip Taubman, CISAC, “Working Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons: Sidney Drell and George Shultz in Conversation with Philip Taubman.” Stanford University, Tresidder Memorial Union, Oak Lounge, Palo Alto, CA. |
| Jan. 25-? | 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 (estimate). Geneva. |
| Jan. 26 | 10:45 a.m., David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation, “Utah’s Role in Permanently Ending Nuclear Testing.” University of Utah, Hinckley Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, Salt Lake City, UT. |
| Jan. 26 or Feb. 3 | 9:00 p.m., President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress (estimate). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on other networks. |
| Jan. 27 | 5:30 p.m., Thomas Pickering, former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, “The U.S., Iran, and the Greater Middle East.” National Committee on American Foreign Policy, 122 E. 66th St., New York. Reservations by Jan. 22 at (212) 224-1120. |
| Jan. 28 | 6:00 p.m., Sundance Film Festival, Countdown to Zero. Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, Salt Lake City, UT. |
| Jan. 28-29 | University of Georgia, “Legal Framework for Strengthening Nuclear Security and Combating Nuclear Terrorism.” Vienna, Austria. |
| Jan. 29 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Wilson Center, “Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula,” with keynote address by Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| Jan. 29 | Due date for comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration’s draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex. Comments may be submitted by email. |
| Jan. 29-Feb. 1 | Ploughshares Fund and British American Security Information Council, “Visions for a New Century,” with Ellen Tauscher, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Des Brown, former U.K. Defense Minister; and other speakers. London. |
| 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. 30 | Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on the current and future military strategy of Iran (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1245). |
| Jan. 31 | 7:00-9:00 p.m., Sen. Dick Lugar (IN), “America and the World: A View from the Senate.” Marian University, Indianapolis Civic Theatre in Marian Hall, 3200 Cold Spring Rd., Indianapolis, IN. |
| Jan. 31 | President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material, and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). The report is usually included as an appendix in the annual report due on Feb. 15 to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)). |
| Jan. 31 | President Obama reports to Congress on U.S. engagement with Iran (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1241). |
| Jan. 31 | Defense Department submits to Congress the Ballistic Missile Defense Policy Review (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 234). |
| Jan. or Feb. | Senate Armed Services Committee, vote on the nomination of Donald Cook to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration. |
| Feb. 1 | 10:00 a.m. (estimate), President Obama submits the federal budget to Congress. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
| Feb. 1 | President Obama submits an annual National Security Strategy to Congress (50 U.S. Code Sec. 404a). |
| Feb. 1 | Defense Department submits the Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress (10 U.S. Code Sec. 118). Posted on the Defense Department website. |
| Feb. 1 | Note: The Defense Department was to submit to Congress the Nuclear Posture Review (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1070), but has been delayed until March 1. |
| Feb. 1 | 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). |
| Feb. 1 | ~1:30 p.m. (estimate), Energy Secretary Steven Chu presents the Energy Department budget for fiscal year 2011. Forrestal Building, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website. |
| Feb. 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits a biennial plan and budget assessment to Congress on the modernization and refurbishment of the Nuclear Security Complex for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3116). |
| 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. 1-2 | Philippine government hosts an international conference on the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. Manila, Philippines. |
| Feb. 2-3 | Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, “Fourth Annual Workshop on Reducing the Risk from Radioactive and Nuclear Materials.” Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA. |
| Feb. 2-4 | Global Zero World Summit. Paris. |
| Feb. 4-5 | NATO defense ministers informal meeting. Istanbul, Turkey. |
| Feb. 9 | 2:30-5:30 p.m., Atomic Heritage Foundation, special session on the proposed the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. RSVP to Cindy Kelly by email. |
| Feb. 11 | 2:15-4:00 p.m., Project for Nuclear Awareness,”Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Middle East Regional Solutions,” with six speakers. 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. 12-22 | House and Senate Presidents Day recess. (Senate recess is Feb. 13-21.) |
| 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 | 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 | Trident Ploughshares and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Aldermaston Blockade. AWE Aldermaston, United Kingdom. |
| Feb. 15 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
| Week of Feb. 15 or 22 | International Atomic Energy Agency director general Yukiya Amano submits a report on Iran’s nuclear program to its board of governors. Vienna, Austria. |
| Feb. 16-19 | ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, Second Annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit, “Modernizing the Infrastructure to Reduce the Nuclear Stockpile and Ensure Global Security,” with keynote address by Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel, Alexandria, VA. Registration 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 | 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. | 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. | National Nuclear Security Administration, Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility begins operations. Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN. |
| Feb. | U.N. Security Council imposes a fourth set of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program (possible). United Nations. |
| Feb. or March | Senate floor action on the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009, H.R. 3276 (estimate). |
| Feb. or March | President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign a START follow-on agreement (possible). Location TBA. |
| Feb. or March | Missile Defense Agency attempts to shoot down a ballistic missile with the Airborne Laser (estimate). Edwards Air Force Base, CA. |
| Feb. or March | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Sustaining and Improving the Nation’s Nuclear Forensics Capabilities (estimate). |
| 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. |
| March 1-5 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| 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, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, “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 27-April 12 | House and Senate spring recess. (Senate recess is through April 11.) |
| March 29 | Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum, “Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. |
| 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). |
| March | Director of National Intelligence completes a National Intelligence Estimate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (estimate). |
| March | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (estimate). |
| 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 | President Obama submits the START follow-on agreement to the Senate for ratification (possible). |
| March or April | 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.) |
| Spring | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearings on the START follow-on agreement (possible). 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. |
| Spring | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton submits to Congress a Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (estimate). |
| Spring | Six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program resume (possible). Beijing. |
| April 2 | Good Friday. |
| April 4 | Easter. |
| April 6 | Special election to replace former Rep. Robert Wexler (FL-19). |
| 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; An NGO Nuclear Security Summit.” 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 | 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 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 | United for Peace & Justice, International Peace Conference. Riverside Church of New York, 490 Riverside Dr., New York. |
| 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. |
| 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 | United for Peace & Justice, 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 or June 3 | United Kingdom general elections (estimate). |
| May 29-June 7 | House and Senate Memorial Day recess. (Senate recess is through June 6.) |
| May 31 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
| May 31 | Conference on Disarmament second session for 2010 begins. Through July 16. Geneva. |
| May | Special election to replace former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI-1) (estimate). |
| 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 Non-Proliferation and Disarmament” (tentative date). Amman, Jordan. For information, contact ACSIS by email. |
| 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 will be on the agenda. |
| June 26-27 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Toronto. |
| 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 (estimate). Location TBA. |
| Summer | Senate floor action on the START follow-on agreement (possible). |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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-Sept. | U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| 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. 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). |
| Sept. 8 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 10. |
| 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. |
| Sept. 20-24 | International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria |
| 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. 29 | 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). |
| Fall | NATO summit, which will adopt a new Strategic Concept. Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Fall | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex. |
| 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. 2 | 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). |
| Oct. 24 | United Nations Day. |
| Oct. 29 | 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). |
| 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. | Nuclear Suppliers Group consultative group meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Oct.-Dec. | U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| 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). |
| Nov. 11-13 | 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. 25 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Dec. 2-3 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Dec. 10 | 7:00 a.m. EST, Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway. |
| Dec. 24 | Christmas observed (holiday). |
| Dec. 25 | Christmas. |
| 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. | Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva. |
| Dec. | NATO annual Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation (estimate). Location TBA. |
| TBA | President Obama visits Israel. |
| TBA | President Obama visits India. |
| TBA | United States and Russia negotiate an extension of the Megatons to Megawatts program, or High Enriched Uranium-2 agreement (possible). |
| TBA | United States and Russia, with European countries, hold a nuclear security drill. Belgium (location is tentative). |
| 2011 | |
| Jan. 1 | New Year’s Day (holiday). |
| 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 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
| Jan. 17 | Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 begins. Through March 25 (estimates). Geneva. |
| March 28-29 | Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
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