President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the federal government to launch an initiative to drive the adoption of small modular nuclear reactor technology across national defense and space exploration programs.
Read More »BWXT Subsidiary Gets $128M in Contract Options for Navy Fuel Production Work
BWX Technologies’ (NYSE: BWXT) Nuclear Fuel Services subsidiary has received contract options worth $128M combined to continue to produce fuel in support of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
Read More »BWXT, Westinghouse, X-energy Secure DoD Nuclear Microreactor Design Contracts
The Department of Defense has awarded BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), X-energy and Westinghouse's government services business separate two-year contracts worth potentially $39.8M combined to design a mobile nuclear reactor model.
Read More »Joe Martore Elected Calibre Board Chair
Joe Martore, CEO and a board member at Calibre Systems, has been named chairman of the company’s board of directors. He will succeed James Terry Scott, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as chairman since 2017, the company said Thursday. Martore’s “extensive experience will provide an immeasurable asset …
Read More »ManTech Lands $668M CDM DEFEND Cyber Task Order; Dan Smith Comments
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has received a potential six-year, $668M task order to provide cybersecurity services to Group E federal agencies under the new iteration of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. The General Services Administration awarded the task order through CDM’s Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense program, …
Read More »CTC-Operated Center to Manufacture Steam Generator for NuScale Reactor; Ed Sheehan Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 21, 2017 — Concurrent Technologies Corp. will build a prototype steam generator for a Fluor-backed (NYSE: FLR) company under an initial contract to produce a component of a proposed small modular reactor, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 13. NuScale Power said Nov. 8 the CTC-operated Center for Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing …
Read More »Unisys to Support Cloud Migration of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Computing, Apps
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 25, 2017 — Unisys (NYSE: UIS) will assist the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the migration of computing operations and applications to the cloud under a new task order from the Interior Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will utilize its experience in government cloud …
Read More »General Atomics Exec Covers 4 Principles for Advanced Nuclear Reactor With Senate Panel
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2016 — A General Atomics scientist has testified before a subpanel of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in support of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission‘s modernization efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday Christina Back, its vice president for nuclear technologies and materials, also discussed the principles that form …
Read More »Bechtel, BWXT to Develop Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 8, 2016 — Bechtel has partnered with BWX Technologies to build a small modular nuclear reactor for certification by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as part of the Generation mPower project, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Bechtel said Friday it will provide engineering, construction and program management services while BWXT will provide …
Read More »General Atomics to Provide Radiation Monitoring Tech at US Nuclear Plants
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 25, 2016 — General Atomics will provide radiation monitoring systems to help U.S. nuclear power plants that use boiling water reactors with Mark I and II containments comply with Nuclear Regulatory Commission safety mandates, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the NRC requirements are based on recommendations resulting from …
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