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HII, Babcock International Sign Nuclear Decommissioning, Construction MOU

Monday, July 17th, 2023

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HII, Babcock International Sign Nuclear Decommissioning, Construction MOU

Artist impression of a Dreadnought-class submarine. (Image: BAE Systems)

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] and U.K.-based defense contractor Babcock International signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on civilian- and naval-nuclear decommissioning, the companies said Monday. “That’s everything from power plant design and construction on a global basis to component design and fabrication and construction, principally in North America and the U.K., to begin with,” Michael Lempke, president of the Nuclear and Environmental Group at Huntington Ingalls Industries, said in a telephone interview Tuesday. In addition to that, “you can…

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