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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) has selected Jessica Kunkle as the next EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) manager, effective June 16.

Meet Shahnaz Punjani. Star Wars helped spark her interest in becoming an astronaut. As the division director for #NNSA’s Ballistic Missile Weapons Division, she doesn’t orbit the earth, but she has made a life and career that are out of this world.

Meet Sudhakar Arepally! For NNSA, Sudhakar develops and reviews cost estimates in support of capital acquisition projects. At home, he is an aspiring guitar player, tennis lover, and self-proclaimed lifelong student.

Meet Gurcharan Gill. She's always found international relations interesting, then she learned about nuclear security and was truly captivated. In her NNSA fellowship, she's gotten to experience both, taking risks even when it may seem scary.

Meet speechwriter Daniel Cohen. He fell in love with the written word as a kid. While studying history in college, he realized the power words can hold and knew he wanted his job to help make the world a little better. We're glad he chose NNSA to do it.

If nuclear material were intercepted in the United States, leaders would need to know fast where it came from and who was responsible. Recently NNSA conducted an exercise to demonstrate its nuclear forensics capabilities and answer these questions.

Get to know NNSA's David Wilkes: ? His brother inspired him to become an engineer. ? Nuclear engineering led him to nonproliferation work. ? If this NNSA thing doesn't work out, he would like to pursue brewing the world's best cup of coffee. ☕

Meet Jesse Clarke. He finds the intersection of international affairs and nuclear science a fascinating place. And just as his hero Anthony Bourdain found in countless kitchens, Clarke has found it takes many hands to help ensure nuclear security.

Last month, NNSA’s Office of Radiological Security hosted a workshop in Madrid to promote the benefits of transitioning from high-activity cesium-137 irradiators to X-ray technology.

Last month, NNSA; the NATO Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Centre of Excellence; and the German CBRN Defence, Safety, and Environmental Protection School teamed up to train German military and civilian emergency responders.