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March 21, 2011
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March 18-28
House and Senate recess. (Senate recess is March 19-27.)
March 19-22
Civilian Soldier Alliance, Friends Committee on National
Legislation, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Peace
Action, United for Peace and Justice, and Veterans for Peace, spring lobby
weekend. True Reformer Building, 1200 U St., NW, Washington. Register online.
For information, contact Matt Southworth by email.
March 21
9:00 a.m., Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), public briefing
on NRC response to recent nuclear events in Japan. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. Webcast on the NRC website,
and broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 21
10:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics and the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Missile Defense Conference.
Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (closed). Broadcast and
video webcast on C-SPAN2.
10:15 a.m., James Miller, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for
Policy, "Balancing U.S. Objectives and Global Agreements."
10:45 a.m., Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency, "The
Director's Vision for Ballistic Missile Defense System 2020."
11:15 a.m., Rep. Rick Larsen (WA), "The Need for Missile Defense."
11:45 a.m., Harry Wingo, Google, "Innovation."
2:15 p.m., Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and
International Security, "Next Steps on Missile Defense."
2:45 p.m., Ivo Daalder, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, "Missile Defense and NATO."
3:15 p.m., Rear Adm. Archer Macy, Director, Joint Integrated Air and Missile
Defense Organization, "The World in 2020: JCS Perspective."
3:45 p.m., Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO), "The Need for Missile Defense."
4:15 p.m., Ashton Carter, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics, "Opportunities For, and Value Of, Cooperative
Development/Acquisition."
March 21
11:00 a.m., International Atomic Energy Agency, board of
governors emergency meeting. Vienna, Austria (closed). Director General Yukiya
Amano will brief member states on the nuclear crisis in Japan.
March 21
7:00 p.m., Environmental Film Festival, screening of Black
Ocean (Noir Ocean), about three sailors aboard a naval vessel in 1972 taking
part in nuclear tests in French Polynesia. At the La Maison Française, French
Embassy, 4101 Reservoir Rd., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 21-22
Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets with Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov. Moscow. Missile defense
and arms control are on the agenda.
March 22
9:30-11:00 a.m., Hui Zhang and Yun Zhou, Harvard University,
"China's Nuclear Material Protection, Control, and Accounting: Current
Regulations and Practices." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library,
Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA.
March 22
10:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics and the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Missile Defense Conference.
Repeated broadcast and video webcast on C-SPAN2 of the program on March 21,
detailed above.
March 22
7:00 p.m., Jennifer Smyser, Stanley Foundation, "Preventing
Nuclear Terrorism." Bettendorf Public Library, Second Floor, 2950 Learning
Campus Dr., Bettendorf, IA.
March 22 or earlier
United States and Russia exchange information on each other's
strategic nuclear arsenal under the New START Treaty.
March 24
Noon-1:30 p.m., Anne Harrington de Santana, Stanford
University, "A Strategy of Nuclear Disarmament: Envisioning a World Free of
Nuclear Weapons." George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons,
Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 25
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute
for Strategic Studies, "Iran's Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Capabilities."
International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1850 K St., NW, Suite 300,
Washington. RSVP by email.
March 25-26
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (March 25), and 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
(March 26), University of California Washington Center, "Public Policy and
Nuclear Threats Winter Conference," with Elaine Bunn, National Defense
University; Benn Tannenbaum, American Association for the Advancement of
Science; and 20 other speakers. University of California Washington Center,
1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Laura Martin by email.
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).
Register online.
March 26-27
8:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m. (March 26), and 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
(March 27), International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists, "Nuclear
Policy Dialogue," with Gary Samore, National Security Council; Tibor Toth,
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization; and 16 other speakers. George
Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW,
Washington. RSVP online.
March 28
9:00 a.m. Sentencing for five Disarm Now Plowshares defendants
for civil disobedience. U.S. District Court, Union Station Courthouse,
1717 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA. Related events on March 26 and 27.
March 28
10:00-11:00 a.m., Dean Wilkening, Stanford University, "The
Obama Administration's Phased Adaptive Approach to Ballistic Missile Defense."
Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel St., Fourth Floor, Temple Place, London. RSVP to
IISS by email.
March 28
6:00-8:00 p.m., Thomas Shea, former International Atomic Energy
Agency staff. "Spent Fuel Reprocessing." George Washington University,
1957 E St., NW, Room 505, Washington. RSVP online.
March 28-29
Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan
Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Register online.
March 29
9:30-11:00 a.m., Alex Roesler, Sandia National Labs, "Today's
U.S. Nuclear Stockpile." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library,
Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA.
March 30
9:00 a.m.-noon, Charles Ferguson, Federation of American
Scientists; Anne Harrington, National Nuclear Security Administration; Mary
Alice Hayward, AREVA; Laura Holgate, National Security Council; Roger Howsley,
World Institute of Nuclear Security; Jean Jalouneix, Institut
de Radioprotection et Sûreté Nucleair, France; and Igor Khripunov, University
of Georgia in Athens, "The Human Dimension of Nuclear Security." Sponsored by
University of Georgia in Athens. At the Carnegie Endowment,
1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Andrea Pries by email.
March 30
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., State Department, "Generation Prague: Arms
Control and Nonproliferation in the 21st Century." State Department, East
Auditorium, George Marshall Conference Center, 21st St., NW, between C St. and
Virginia Ave., Washington. RSVP by 3:00 p.m., March 28 to the State Department
by email. RSVP must include full name, organization, title, date of birth, U.S.
driver's license number and state of issuance.
March 30
12:30-2:30 p.m., Benoît Pelopidas, Center for Nonproliferation
Studies, and Robert Norris, National Resources Defense Council, "The Oracles of
Proliferation." George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602,
1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP by email.
March 31
12:15-1:30 p.m., Steve Fetter, White House Office of Science
and Technology Policy, "Nuclear Policy in the Obama Administration." University
of Maryland, 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
March 31
12:30-2:00 p.m., Larry Satkowiak, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, and Mary Alice Hayward, AREVA, "Technical and Policy Perspectives
on U.S. Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs." Sponsored by the Center for
Science, Technology, and Security Policy and the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington.
RSVP online.
March 31
2:00-4:00 p.m., Natalia Mironova, Natalia Manzurova, and
Tatiana Mukhamedyarova, Beyond Nuclear, "25 Years After Chernobyl: What Can We
Learn?" George Washington University, Room 505, 1957 E St., 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 or April
Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a
National Intelligence Estimate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(classified).
March or April
National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Risk-Based
Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex.
April 1
Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 ends. Geneva.
April 3-6
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Equality Center,
1640 Rhode Island Ave,, NW; Washington (April 3), and Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability, 322 Fourth St., NE, Washington (April 4-6). Register online.
April 4
5:00-6:30 p.m., George Quester, George Washington University,
"The Last Time We Were at Zero." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW,
Lindner Family Commons, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP online.
April 4-6
PONI (Project on Nuclear Issues) spring conference. J.W.
Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas, NV. Registration is now closed.
Week of April 4
House and Senate floor action on a conference report on the
Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, H.R. 1 (possible). Broadcast and
video webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2.
Week of April 4 or 11
House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution for
fiscal year 2012. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio
webcast on the committee website.
April 4-22
U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
April 5
Second anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on
nuclear weapons.
April 5
Director of National Intelligence, with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, submits to Congress a report on the threat from dirty bombs (Public
Law 111-259, Sec. 344).
April 5-9
Police departments in the New York City area (CT, NJ, and NY)
hold a "dirty bomb" exercise.
April 6 or later
United States and Russia resume on-site inspections of each
other's nuclear weapons facilities under the New START Treaty.
April 7
Noon-1:30 p.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council;
Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation; and Mark Dubowitz, Foundation for Defense of
Democracies, "Next Steps in Iran Sanctions: Targeting the Choke Points."
Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE,
Washington. RSVP online.
Video webcast on the Heritage website.
April 8
Sixth Continuing Resolution for appropriations expires (Public
Law 112-6).
April 8-10
Global Zero hosts GZ|DC 2Ø11, a convention that includes policy
negotiation seminars and advocacy, media, and campaigning workshops. George
Washington University, Washington, DC. Register online.
April 9
National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran.
April 11
Time TBA, screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. George Fox
University, Newberg, OR.
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