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Nuclear Modernization

Nuclear Fuel Services To Start Weapons-Uranium Work Under Sole-Source NNSA Contract

Thursday, April 14th, 2022

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Nuclear Fuel Services To Start Weapons-Uranium Work Under Sole-Source NNSA Contract

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BWX Technologies Nuclear Fuel Services, Erwin, Tenn., will begin producing purified uranium metal for nuclear weapons under a sole-source award announced Wednesday by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). “The purification and conversion capabilities provided by the Contractor shall allow for HEU [highly enriched uranium] materials of various forms (such as metal and oxide) to be purified and converted to a safe metal form that meets government specification,” the Department of Energy’s semiautonomous NNSA wrote in the sole-source award notice…

Congress

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Army

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