Nuclear stocks / Fuel cycle / Fuel fabrication
BWX Technologies
NYSE:BWXTUnited Stateswebsite
BWX Technologies is a nuclear fuel fabricator listed on the NYSE as BWXT, with operations in United States, tracked under the fuel cycle stage. On this site it is joined to 2 fuel-cycle facilities, 1 policy ledger event, each shown below with its own source.
Market cap
$13.36B
live · primary listing
Share price
$145.81
NYSE:BWXT · -28.9% 1y
Short interest
4.4%
of float
Segment
Fuel fabrication
United States
Headline figures
BWXT share price
What they do
- Designs and manufactures naval nuclear reactor components and fuel for U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers.
- Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin, Tennessee, downblends highly enriched uranium and fabricates fuel; the Lynchburg, Virginia site manufactures TRISO fuel for advanced reactors.
- Developing the BANR microreactor and supplying components for small modular reactors, including the reactor pressure vessel for the first BWRX-300.
- Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for a HALEU deconversion services contract. (2024-10-08)
News and the DOE ledger refer to the company as BWXT, which is also its ticker; the tracker matches the full corporate name in prose and never a bare ticker.
Pure play: Two reportable segments, Government Operations (naval nuclear propulsion and fuel) and Commercial Operations (nuclear components, fuel and services); both are nuclear businesses.
On this site
Fuel-cycle facilities map →
- BWXT Nuclear Fuel Services, ErwinFuel fabrication · operatingsource
- BWXT Lynchburg TRISO fuel lineFuel fabrication · operatingsource
Policy ledger timeline →
- DOE awards six HALEU deconversion contracts2024-10-08 · award · up to $800Msource
Frequently asked questions
- What does BWX Technologies do?
- Lynchburg, Virginia manufacturer of nuclear reactor components and fuel: the sole supplier of naval nuclear reactors and fuel to the U.S. Navy, a downblender and fabricator of high-enriched uranium fuel at Erwin, Tennessee, and a TRISO fuel manufacturer for advanced reactors. Designs and manufactures naval nuclear reactor components and fuel for U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers. Each statement links to the company disclosure that supports it.
- Where does BWX Technologies sit in the nuclear value chain?
- BWX Technologies is tracked under the fuel cycle stage as a nuclear fuel fabricator, and also under reactor vendors and SMR developers. Pure play: Two reportable segments, Government Operations (naval nuclear propulsion and fuel) and Commercial Operations (nuclear components, fuel and services); both are nuclear businesses.
- Which government actions involve BWX Technologies?
- The policy ledger lists 1 event: DOE awards six HALEU deconversion contracts (2024-10-08). Each links to the government or company source.
- Where does BWX Technologies stock trade?
- BWX Technologies trades on the NYSE under the ticker BWXT. The market cap shown on this page is computed live from the primary listing.
Figures on this page come from the cited disclosures and datasets; the tracker methodology explains stages, materiality tiers and staleness rules. Prices refresh hourly. Informational only, not investment advice.
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