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Head of BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Leaving After June; Head Lawyer Also to Depart

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

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Joseph Henry, president and chief operating officer of BWX Technologies’ Nuclear Operations Group, will retire June 30, the company disclosed Monday in a regulatory filing.It was not immediately clear who would succeed the retired Navy admiral at the helm of the Lynchburg, Va.-based company’s nuclear manufacturing and fuel-enrichment business. "We will announce [Henry's] successor when those plans have been finalized," a company spokesperson wrote in an email Tuesday.Henry has been with BWX Technologies [BWXT] since 2008. He informed BWX Technologies…

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