N3B is set to commence environmental cleanup efforts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory after the Huntington Ingalls Industries–BWX Technologies joint venture completed a transition period under the terms of a potential $1.39 billion contract from the Energy Department. Huntington Ingalls said Tuesday that N3B hired personnel, assessed conditions, established a working procedure and implemented […] More

A joint venture of BWX Technologies and Aptim has received a potential two-year, $140 million contract extension to continue to provide support services at nuclear propulsion plants a Bechtel subsidiary manages for the U.S. Navy. BWSR will extend its decommissioning, demolition and infrastructure support for complex systems and components at Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp.-managed facilities under the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, […] More

BWXT Nuclear Energy has received a potential three-year, $18.8 million contract to help NASA design and test nuclear thermal propulsion technology platforms. The company will develop and evaluate prototypes of a ceramic metallic – Cermet – fuel element technology and a nuclear thermal engine concept based on low-enriched uranium under the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion project, […] More

Nuclear Fuel Services, a BWX Technologies subsidiary, has received $141.7 million in exercised contract options under the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program to provide continued development, decommissioning and fuel manufacturing support for the country’s aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. BWXT said Thursday that work on the contract options has commenced and the company expects to complete majority of […] More

BWX Technologies‘ Nuclear Operations Group subsidiary has received a $76.2 million contract from General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat business to produce additional common missile compartment tube assemblies for U.S. and U.K. nuclear submarines. BWXT said Monday the Block II CMC missile tubes will be integrated on Columbia-class and Dreadnought-class nuclear submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat received a $95.6 million contract […] More

BWX Technologies has secured multiple contracts potentially worth a combined $3.1 billion to manufacture nuclear reactor components and fuel in support of  the U.S. Navy‘s various nuclear propulsion programs. BWXT said Wednesday its nuclear operations group will produce the reactor components for the service branch’s fleets of Ford-class and Nimitz-class carriers as well as Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines. Production will occur […] More

Bechtel and BWX Technologies have entered into a new agreement to further develop a small modular nuclear reactor that can be used for commercial purposes. Bechtel said Friday it will provide program management, engineering and construction services for the Generation mPower project while BWXT will design the nuclear steam supply system. The two companies will then work together […] More

BWX Technologies has appointed Nicole Piasecki to its board of directors, effective Jan. 2. BWX said Wednesday that Piasecki had worked in The Boeing Company for 25 years where she held various senior executive positions, including vice president and general manager of the Propulsion Systems Division for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

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The Department of Defense has exercised a one-year contract option for reactor design engineering company X-energy as the U.S. military is eyeing potential energy applications of nuclear power to bases and operations. DOD said Wednesday the Rockville, Maryland-based company will further develop its transportable microreactor technology under Project Pele with the goal of securing a […] More

The Department of Defense has exercised a one-year contract option for reactor technology company X-energy as the U.S. military is eyeing potential energy applications of nuclear power to bases and operations. DOD said Wednesday the Rockville, Maryland-based company will work on a complementary design of a transportable microreactor under Project Pele. More

A joint venture of Aleut Federal‘s environmental remediation subsidiary and Geosyntec Consultants has received a three-year subcontract to outsource personnel for cleanup efforts at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky. The A2RGC JV will deploy staff to provide technical and professional services to Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, the prime contractor responsible for PGDP’s […] More

A Department of Defense office has cleared the final step in an environmental impact study process to push forward a program aimed at developing a mobile microreactor for generating advanced nuclear power to meet growing energy requirements. The Strategic Capabilities Office published a Record of Decision for Project Pele and will begin construction and testing […] More