BWX Technologies Inc

BWX Technologies Inc. together with its subsidiaries manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States Canada and internationally. It operates through two segments: Government Operations and Commercial Operations. The Government Operations segment designs and manufactures naval nuclear components reactors and nuclear fuel; undertakes fabrication activities for missile launch tubes for U.S. Navy submarines; and supplies proprietary and sole-source valves manifolds and fittings to naval and commercial shipping customers. This segment also involved in manufacture of close-tolerance and equipment for nuclear applications; and converts Cold War-era government stockpiles of high-enriched uranium as well as receives stores characterizes dissolves recovers and purifies uranium-bearing materials; supplies research reactor fuel elements for colleges universities and national laboratories; and components for defense applications. The Commercial Operations segment designs and manufactures commercial nuclear steam generators heat exchangers pressure vessels and reactor components; and other auxiliary equipment including containers for the storage of nuclear fuel and other high-level nuclear waste. It also offers nuclear fuel fuel handling systems tooling delivery systems nuclear grade materials and precisely machined components as well as related services for CANDU nuclear power plants; in-plant inspection maintenance and modification services as well as non-destructive examination and tooling/repair solutions; and medical radioisotopes radiopharmaceuticals and medical devices. The company was formerly known as The Babcock & Wilcox Company and changed its name to BWX Technologies Inc. in June 2015. BWX Technologies Inc. was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lynchburg Virginia.