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BWX Technologies

BWX Technologies is a specialty manufacturer and service provider of nuclear components, fuel, and assemblies primarily serving defense, government, and commercial sectors. The company engineers and manufactures naval nuclear propulsion reactors and components for the United States Navy, processes nuclear materials, and provides downblending services. It also designs and fabricates commercial nuclear power equipment, including steam generators and reactor components, while delivering specialized field and engineering services. Additionally, the company manufactures medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and therapeutic applications and manages complex nuclear site operations and environmental remediation projects for government agencies.

Snapshot

Public USOwnership
1867Year founded
~10,000Employees
Lynchburg, United StatesHead office
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Operations

All Locations
Lynchburg, US

Products and/or services of BWX Technologies

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion: Production of nuclear reactors, reactor cores, steam generators, and heavy structural components for United States Navy submarines and aircraft carriers, manufactured primarily at major production facilities in Lynchburg, Virginia and Mount Vernon, Indiana.
  • Commercial Nuclear Energy Equipment: Design and manufacture of heavy commercial nuclear power components, including steam generators, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and CANDU reactor components produced at specialized clean-room manufacturing operations in Cambridge, Ontario.
  • Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing and Processing: Processing and fabrication of highly enriched uranium, low-enriched uranium, TRISO fuel, and CANDU fuel bundles, alongside downblending services and high-assay low-enriched uranium material development across facilities in Virginia, Tennessee, and Ontario.
  • Nuclear Medicine and Radiopharmaceuticals: Development and commercial supply of medical isotopes, radiopharmaceuticals, radiotracers, and specialized cold kits for diagnostic imaging and targeted cancer therapies, manufactured in sterile cleanrooms and hot-cell laboratory facilities in Ottawa and Kanata, Ontario.
  • Complex Site Operations and Technical Services: Management, maintenance, and environmental remediation of high-consequence government nuclear facilities, including radioactive waste processing, decontamination, decommissioning, and site cleanup under contracts with the United States Department of Energy.
  • Advanced Microreactors and Space Systems: Engineering, design, and prototyping of transportable high-temperature gas-cooled microreactors, space nuclear thermal propulsion systems, and mobile nuclear power reactors for military and space applications, developed at defense research and development sites.

BWX Technologies executive team

  • Mr. Rex D. GevedenPresident, CEO & Director
  • Mr. Robert L. DuffySenior VP & Chief Administrative Officer
  • Mr. Kevin M. McCoyChief Nuclear Officer
  • Mr. Michael T. FitzgeraldSenior VP, CFO & Chief Accounting Officer
  • Mr. Chase JacobsonVice President of Investor Relations & Strategic Finance
  • Mr. Toby W. SmithSenior VP & General Counsel
  • Mr. Gonzalo R. CajadeSenior VP & CHRO
  • Mr. John R. MacQuarriePresident of Commercial Operations Segment
  • Ms. Heatherly H. DukesPresident of Technical Services Group
  • Ms. Suzanne C. SternerSenior VP & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer