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BWXT Acquires Land for Domestic Uranium Enrichment, NNSA Signals Intent For Sole-Source

Sarah Salem

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

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BWX Technologies [BWXT] said Tuesday it acquired 97 acres of land in Oak Ridge, Tenn., with the goal of rebuilding domestic uranium enrichment capabilities by manufacturing centrifuges. According to the emailed press release, the land acquisition would support DoE and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) deployment of Domestic Uranium Enrichment Centrifuge Experiment (DUECE) technology. The land is at Horizon Center industrial park near DoE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The NNSA also announced in a sole-source intention notice on…

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