BWXT completes nuclear fuel line project, begins fuel production
A subsidiary of Lynchburg-based nuclear fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) announced Tuesday it has completed the TRISO (tristructural isotropic particle fuel) nuclear fuel line restart project for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and is producing the fuel at its Lynchburg facility. In June, DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory awarded BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Inc. […]
BWX Technologies lands $3.6M nuclear contract
Lynchburg-based nuclear fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) has been awarded a $3.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Energy‘s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the company announced Tuesday. The BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Inc. (a subsidiary of BWXT) will convert research reactors from high-enriched uranium. Research reactors are used to perform science ex[...]
Lynchburg’s BWX Technologies promotes Rick Loving to senior VP
Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. promoted Richard “Rick” W. Loving to senior vice president and chief administrative officer, the company announced Thursday. Loving has 40 years of experience previously working for energy company Babcock & Wilcox Co. and engineering company McDermott International Inc. He worked for BWXT from 1997 to 2007 […[...]