US / BWXT Awarded $4.9M Contract Extension To Demonstrate Triso Fuel Line Operations

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BWXT Awarded $4.9M Contract Extension To Demonstrate Triso Fuel Line Operations
BWX Technologies has been awarded a $4.9m contract amendment by Battelle Energy Alliance to manufacture Triso nuclear fuel.

The award amends a contract announced in July 2020 and brings the overall contract value to $31.2m.

BWXT’s Nuclear Operations Group will perform the work at BWXT’s Lynchburg, Virginia, facility, where Triso production was restarted in November 2020. The contract amendment was awarded by Battelle Energy Alliance, which manages Idaho National Laboratory on behalf of the Department of Energy.

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