BWXT Names Mike Fitzgerald Chief Financial Officer
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – July 31, 2025) BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that Mike T. Fitzgerald has been named Chief Financial Officer. Fitzgerald served as interim CFO since May 12. “Mike has done an outstanding job stepping in as interim CFO these past months,” said Rex Geveden, BWXT president and chief executive officer. “I […]
Project Pele Begins Taking Shape with Start of Core Manufacturing
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – July 24, 2025) BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that work has commenced to fabricate the reactor core for the Pele microreactor at its BWXT Innovation Campus in Lynchburg, Virginia. Pele is a 1.5-megawatt demonstration microreactor for the Department of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office. The technology is expected to begin producing […]
BWXT Fires Up Furnace for Advanced Nuclear Fuel
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – July 22, 2025) BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that it reached a key milestone in its capability to manufacture an advanced form of TRISO nuclear fuel, representing the next generation of fuel for advanced reactors. TRISO fuel comprises carbon and silicon layers surrounding a uranium fuel kernel. The company’s Advanced […]
Water Effluent Release at Peterborough Facility, 1160 Monaghan Road
Date: April 9, 2025 Subject: Water effluent release at Peterborough Facility, 1160 Monaghan Road On Saturday, April 5, at approximately 4:00 p.m., BWXT NEC employees discovered water leaking in a floor trench at the facility. The water source was from the beryllium water treatment system and was caused by a failed sump pump at the […]
False Alarm at Toronto Facility
Date: April 3, 2025 Subject: False Alarm at Toronto Facility, 1025 Lansdowne Avenue On Thursday, April 3, 2025, at approximately 10:15 a.m., a fire alarm was activated at BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada’s Toronto facility warehouse at 1025 Lansdowne Avenue, resulting in a response from Toronto Fire Services. This was a false alarm and there was […]
Supporting STEAM Learning at Prince of Wales Public School
We recently provided a donation to Prince of Wales Public School to help restock their library with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) resources! We are proud to support local STEAM learning and look forward to finding more opportunities to support the community.
Update on BWXT’s Indigenous Relations Roadmap
In July 2024, we introduced an Indigenous Relations Roadmap for our operations in Canada. The Roadmap is a leadership guide to advancing Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation across our business efforts in an aligned and meaningful way. In September 2024 we established BWXT’s Indigenous Relations Roadmap Oversight Committee to oversee the implementation of the Indigenous Relations Roadmap. The […]
2024 Fall Community Newsletters Available
The Fall 2024 Community Newsletters are now available here. Contact us at [email protected] if you want to join our email list to receive regular updates (including our newsletters) direct to your inbox.
BWXT Volunteers Support Prince of Wales Public School
On October 23, 16 employees from our Peterborough facility installed seven new garden boxes at Prince of Wales Public School! The school uses these garden boxes to educate students about gardening and sustainability. Technicians from our manufacturing shop constructed the boxes and our volunteers dug out weeds, removed the old garden boxes and installed the […]
False Alarm at Toronto Facility
Date: November 4, 2024 Subject: False Alarm at Toronto Facility, 1025 Lansdowne Avenue On Monday, November 4, 2024, at approximately 9:00 a.m., a fire alarm at BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada’s Toronto facility at 1025 Lansdowne Avenue, was accidentally activated during maintenance on the alarm panel, resulting in a response from Toronto Fire Services. Employees were […]