BWXT selected for nuclear fuel deconversion award by U.S. Department of Energy
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – Oct. 8, 2024) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced that its Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) subsidiary was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as one of the successful bidders for High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) deconversion services to support the civil advanced reactor marketplace. This is an indefinite-delivery, […]
BWXT Awarded Contract to Develop Pilot Plant Solution for Domestic Uranium Enrichment
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – August 26, 2024) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced a contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to complete a yearlong engineering study to evaluate options for the deployment of a centrifuge pilot plant that would establish a domestic uranium enrichment capability for national security purposes. Awarded to BWXT […]
BWXT to Evaluate Locations for Building New Nuclear TRISO Fuel Production Facility to Support Advanced Reactor Deployment
BWXT and Wyoming Energy Authority Sign Cooperation Agreement to Examine Potential Construction Options in the State (LYNCHBURG, Va. – July 18, 2024) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) is evaluating locations for a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel production facility to support anticipated future demand for advanced reactor deployment. As part of this effort, BWXT’s […]
BWXT Subsidiary Awarded $122 Million Contract Extension for Uranium Downblending Services
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – February 14, 2024) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced that its Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) subsidiary was awarded a $122 million contract extension from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the downblending of highly enriched uranium (HEU) into low enriched uranium (LEU). Under this contract, NFS will continue to […]
BWXT Announces $300 Million Contract for Naval Nuclear Reactor Fuel
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – October 24, 2023) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced the award of a U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contract totaling approximately $300 million for the manufacture of naval nuclear reactor fuel. Under this contract, BWXT subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., located in Erwin, Tennessee, will manufacture and deliver fuel for […]
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 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 […]
