BWX Technologies hires new chief admin officer
Lynchburg-based BWX Technologies Inc. has hired Robert “Bob” Duffy as its senior vice president and chief administrative officer, the nuclear components and fuel supplier announced Monday. He starts Aug. 29. Duffy will take the place of Rick Loving, BWXT‘s current chief administrative officer, who announced his retirement after 43 years with the company. Duffy previously [&hellip[...]
BWXT appoints new president of nuclear operations
The new president of BWX Technology’s Nuclear Operations Group Inc. spent three decades working for the Navy as a civilian. Sharon H. Smoot started her new position Aug. 1. She is responsible for the BWXT subsidiary’s mission to provide a range of nuclear components and services, including manufacturing reactor components for Navy submarines and aircraft […]
BWXT subsidiary to build first U.S. nuclear microreactor
BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc., will build the first advanced nuclear microreactor in the United States under a $300 million contract awarded by the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office, the company announced Thursday. In March 2021, BWXT was chosen as one of two […]
Lynchburg-based BWXT elects new chair
Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. announced May 3 that Jan A. Bertsch assumed the role of chair of the board of directors. Bertsch succeeded retiring chairman John A. Fees. “We are extremely fortunate to have someone of Jan’s caliber assume this important leadership position for our company,” BWXT President and CEO […]