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INL meets agreement to store used naval nuclear fuel ahead of schedule The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program stores naval spent nuclear fuel in concrete overpacks at the Naval Reactors Facility on the Idaho National Laboratory. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) announced a major milestone in it's agreement with the Idaho National Laboratory Monday. One of the key provisions of the Agreement is that the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF), operated for the NNPP by the Naval Nuclear Laboratory, would place all used naval fuel (also known as spent fuel) that ...

The smiling newspaper reporters in this photograph belie the seriousness of the moment. The elfin figure in the center is none other than Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the man in charge of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. The AP photo was taken at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on April 19, 1963, nine days after the Portsmouth-built submarine USS Thresher sank in deep waters east of Boston. All 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard were killed.  Rickover, now considered “the father of the atomic submarine,” was in town to testify about the tragedy at a closed door session of th...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. BWXT Announces $2.2 Billion in Contracts for Naval Nuclear Reactor Components and Fuel April 20, 2021 GMT LYNCHBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 20, 2021-- BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today the award of U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contracts totaling approximately $2.2 billion, including future-year options, for the manufacture of naval nuclear reactor components and fuel. “Today’s announcement marks a continuation of a more-than 65-year-old trusted relationship with the ...

BWXT awarded $2.2 billion Navy contract BWX Technologies has been awarded U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contracts of $2.2 billion to make naval nuclear reactor components and fuel – including components for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine.  BWXT has been making reactors for the navy for more than 65-years. Company officials say most of the work will happen in Lynchburg, as well as facilities in Ohio and Indiana and Tennessee over the next 8 years.  Here is the news release from BWXT: BWXT   (LYNCHBURG, Va. – April 20, 2021) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT...

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