BWXT to Manufacture HALEU Feedstock for Advanced Reactors
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – August 30, 2023) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced a contract to process thousands of kilograms of government-owned scrap material containing enriched uranium that is unusable in its present form in order to produce more than two metric tons of feedstock that can be used for fuel to demonstrate advanced […]
BWXT Subsidiary Awarded $428 Million Contract for Uranium Conversion and Purification Services
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – April 10, 2023) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that its Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) subsidiary has been awarded a $428 million contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to provide purification and conversion services for highly enriched uranium (HEU). Located in Erwin, Tennessee, NFS is one of […]
BWXT Starts Production of TRISO Fuel for First U.S. Generation IV Microreactor
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – Dec. 7, 2022) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today with officials from the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA and Idaho National Laboratory celebrated the landmark production of TRISO nuclear fuel that will power the first microreactor built and operated in the United States. The Department of Energy (DOE) […]
BWXT Advancing Microreactor Design Project
U.S. Department of Energy ARDP Contracting Finalized; On Track to Deliver TRISO Fuel for Testing (LYNCHBURG, Va. – April 11, 2022) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) is proceeding apace to deliver microreactors to commercial power and industrial customers in cooperation with Idaho National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The company’s BANR (BWXT Advanced Nuclear […]
BWXT Begins $4.9 Million TRISO Nuclear Fuel Production Campaign
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – Jan. 24, 2022) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today it has been awarded a $4.9 million contract amendment by Battelle Energy Alliance LLC to manufacture TRISO nuclear fuel. BEA manages Idaho National Laboratory on behalf of the Department of Energy. The award amends a competitively bid base award announced in July […]
BWXT Delivers Fuel to NASA to Support Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – Dec. 13, 2021) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) has reached a critical milestone in the nation’s pursuit of space nuclear propulsion by delivering coated reactor fuels to NASA in support of its space nuclear propulsion project within the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) is one of the […]
BWXT to Restart Existing TRISO Nuclear Fuel Production Line and Expand Capacity
Company to hireup to 60 new workers to attain increased production targets (LYNCHBURG, Va. – Oct. 2, 2019) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that it is in the process of restarting its existing TRISO nuclear fuel production line and is planning to expand its existing capacity within approximately 12 months. The expansion […]
BWXT Awarded TRISO Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Contract. Production to be Completed by the Fall of 2020
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – March 11, 2020) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that its BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (NOG) subsidiary has been awarded a contract from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to manufacture TRISO nuclear fuel to support the continued development of the Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR). BWXT […]
BWXT Advancing TRISO Line Restart With Solution Production
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – December 18, 2019) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that its TRISO nuclear fuel manufacturing restart activities are progressing ahead of schedule. BWXT technicians are now producing uranium solutions for TRISO fuel as the company moves forward with its previously announced plans to restart its manufacturing line and increase capacity at its […]
BWXT to Restart Existing TRISO Nuclear Fuel Production Line and Expand Capacity
Company to hireup to 60 new workers to attain increased production targets (LYNCHBURG, Va. – Oct. 2, 2019) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that it is in the process of restarting its existing TRISO nuclear fuel production line and is planning to expand its existing capacity within approximately 12 months. The expansion […]