Nuclear solutions provider BWX Technologies announced on Sept. 17 that it was awarded a $1.5 billion contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to establish a pipeline of domestically produced enriched uranium.
The NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. The uranium will be used to power nuclear-fueled submarines and aircraft carriers.
As part of the contract, Lynchburg, Virginia-based BWXT will build a domestic uranium-enrichment centrifuge manufacturing pilot plant on nearly 97 acres in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Centrifuges produced at the site will be used at BWXT’s nuclear fuel services facility in Erwin, Tennessee, the company said….