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DoE, BWXT Subsidiary to Negotiate Contract to Avert Possible Shortfall of Weapon Usable Uranium

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DoE, BWXT Subsidiary to Negotiate Contract to Avert Possible Shortfall of Weapon Usable Uranium
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The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration said Tuesday it intends to award BWX Technologies [BWXT] subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services a sole-source contract to purify highly enriched uranium and convert it into metal for nuclear weapons programs. The semiautonomous nuclear-weapons steward needs Nuclear Fuel Services to step in around 2023, when the civilian agency plans to shut down existing uranium purification systems in Building 9212 at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. That is according to a June 25…

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