An industry team comprising BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), Amentum and Fluor (NYSE: FLR) has secured a 10-year, $45 billion contract to manage tank waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, a limited liability company formed by the three companies, will oversee the former...
A BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) subsidiary will establish a process line for converting uranium oxide to a purified metal product under a five-year, $428 million contract awarded by the National Nuclear Security Administration. Nuclear Fuel Services will set up conversion and purification processes for highly enriched uranium at NFS facility in Erwi...
Joe Miller began his career serving in the U.S. Navy on a fast-attack submarine where he was first educated about the fundamentals of nuclear power. After finishing his time in the Navy, the former serviceman worked at a shipyard building submarines and quickly became interested in high-technology industries. Miller joined nuclear component and fuel...
Omar Meguid, an information technology professional with 35 years of industry experience, has joined BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) as senior vice president and chief digital officer. His appointment took effect at the start of 2023 and he will oversee BWXT’s digital platform, which supports business activities in North America and the U.K...
A Bechtel-led entity has won a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract from the Department of Energy to manage and operate the only domestic facility for disposal of defense-generated transuranic waste. DOE said Monday Tularosa Basin Range Services will oversee centralized characterization, transportation, experimental and testing and program support...
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Kevin McCoy, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and former president of Canada-based Irving Shipbuilding, has been appointed to lead the government operations segment at BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) as part of a reorganization move. BWXT said Tuesday it updated the company’s reporting structure into government and commercial business sectors to...
NASA and the Department of Energy have selected BWX Technologies, General Atomics and Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies to further develop their reactor design concepts for a nuclear thermal propulsion system that could be used in future deep space exploration missions. Each company will receive a potential 12-year, $5 million contract from DOE’s Id...
John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and six-time Wash100 Award recipient, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to Amentum by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. “Since emerging as a driving force following AECOM’s acquisition of URS and installing John Vollmer and the current senior team,...
Two separate teams led by BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) and X-energy have won contract options to finalize portable microreactor designs as part of a prototype competition managed by the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office. BWXT and X-energy will move forward from preliminary design work under Project Pele and conduct indepe...
