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Wrap up: Ted Wyka retiring in June; DeLauro statement on JCPOA exit anniversary; Smith visits Newport News Shipbuilding; more

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Ted Wyka, the manager at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos Field Office, is retiring at the end of June, sources told the Exchange Monitor at a hearing in Santa Fe, N.M.
Prior to his manager role, Wyka was NNSA’s principal deputy associate…

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House Energy and Water passes request for $27 billion for NNSA, less than White House

A stainless steel glovebox used to handle sensitive materials in a controlled, inert-atmosphere laboratory.

NNSA’s Williams expresses disappointment in SRPPF

Rows of server racks and supercomputing equipment used for large-scale scientific simulation.

Wright: ‘not a need for explosive testing,’ Williams says multidimensional problem

A stainless steel glovebox used to handle sensitive materials in a controlled, inert-atmosphere laboratory.

Graham criticizes DOE reprogramming of Savannah River funds to Los Alamos pit work

Rows of vertical cylindrical stainless steel centrifuge units arranged in an industrial cascade.

NNSA completes largest international HALEU shipment

Cooling towers releasing steam clouds at a nuclear power station.

DOE needs long-term plan for test reactor’s spent fuel storage, GAO says

A naval aircraft carrier underway at sea, kicking up spray from its bow.

Naval reactor office could save billions partnering with EM, but risk involved, GAO says

An aerial view of a large industrial construction project with cranes and a partially built reactor structure.

High Explosives Facility completed at Pantex

A naval ballistic missile submarine partially surfaced and underway in open ocean.

Air Force examining government-owned technical data library for B-2

A grid of national flags from countries around the world, representing international cooperation.

Post ceasefire, Russia tests nuclear ballistic missile that could deploy in 2026

A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

Idaho makes first remote-handled TRU shipment to WIPP in years

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

DNFSB touts revamped public website

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