The US National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a potential $116.5m (€107m) contract to produce more than two metric tonnes of high assay low enriched uranium (Haleu) feedstock for advanced reactors over the next five years.
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group will generate the Haleu feedstock – a raw material that can be used for fuel fabrication – by processing thousands of kilogrammes of NNSA-provided scrap material containing enriched uranium.
The contract has an initial value of approximately $47m, the Virginia-based company said on Wednesday (30 August).