Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee On National Legislation

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An updated list of Bush administration officials handling nuclear weapons and nonproliferation issues is on FCNL

Week of March 28 President's WMD Commission (Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction) issues its report (estimate).

March 30 9:30-11:30 a.m., Michael Krepon, Stimson Center, and Theresa Hitchens, Center for Defense Information, "The Weaponization of Space: How close are we? What's in the works?" Council for a Livable World, 322 Fourth St., N.E., Washington. RSVP to Michael Katz-Hyman at [e-mail] or [phone], ext. 3472.

March 30 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., David Cassidy, discussion of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century. Library of Congress, West Dining Room, James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave., S.E., Washington

March 31 Noon, Doug Bandow and Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute, "The Korean Conundrum: America's Troubled relations with North and South Korea." Sponsored by the Cato Institute. B-354 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP by noon, March 30 online or to [e-mail] or [phone].

March 31 Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues a construction permit to Duke, Cogema, Stone & Webster for a mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, SC to turn weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for nuclear power plants (tentative).

April 1 4:30 p.m., "Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Setting Policies " with Robert Einhorn and Edward Luttwak, CSIS; Amatai Etzioni, George Washington University; Graham Allison and Ashton Carter, Harvard University; George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment; and Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative. Sponsored by CSIS and George Washington University. At CSIS, 1800 K St., N.W., Room B1B, Washington. RSVP to Emily Pryor at [e-mail] or [phone].

April 1 Defense Department, Energy Department, and Central Intelligence Agency jointly report to Congress on activities to develop weapons to destroy deeply buried targets (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2358 note). (Annual report. The report due April 1, 2004 is overdue.)

April 1 Conference on Disarmament, first session ends. Geneva

April 4 Noon, Jerome Corsi, "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians." Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Heritage web site.

April 4 2 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on strategic forces and nuclear weapons issues, with Gen. James Cartwright, U.S. Strategic Command, and Linton Brooks, National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.

April 4-8 U.S., Canada, and United Kingdom conduct TOPOFF 3 terrorism drill. New London, CT, and Union and Middlesex counties, NJ

Week of April 4 House Energy and Commerce Committee, markup of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. (The bill does not contain funding for nuclear weapons, but does have nonproliferation issues.) 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee web site.

Week of April 4 Energy Department shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from France arrives in Charleston, SC on its way to the Catawba nuclear power plant near Rock Hill, SC.

April 5 10 a.m., House Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing on the safety of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, with 11 witnesses. 2247 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast

April 5 Noon-2 p.m., Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) and Kurt Campbell, CSIS, "North Korea: Understanding The Threat." sponsored by the World Affairs Council. Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington. RSVP online.

April 6 2 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental appropriations bill. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.

April 7 9:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of John Bolton to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.

April 7 2 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the missile defense system with Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, Missile Defense Agency (tentative)

April 10-13 Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Washington

April 11-15 American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Missile Defense Agency, Third Missile Defense Conference and Exhibit. Reagan Building, Washington

Week of April 11 House floor action on the Energy Policy Act of 2005. (The bill does not contain funding for nuclear weapons, but does have nonproliferation issues.) (estimate) Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of April 11 Senate floor action on the supplemental appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
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