NRC Chair Tours BWXT Facility

From the Evansville Courier and Press:

The nuclear-energy industry is undergoing a renaissance, and BWX Technologies in Mount Vernon will play an important part, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday.

The local BWX Technologies (BWXT) plant is the only U.S. plant that has received NRC approval to manufacture large components for U.S. nuclear power plants, NRC Chairman Dale Klein told employees at the plant Tuesday.

And it takes so much time and money to build such plants, the Mount Vernon facility is unlikely to be duplicated.

As a result, "You will be playing a key role in the manufacture of these large components and in restarting the nuclear industry in the United States," Klein told the employees.

We've written extensively about BWXT and the pivotal role they're going to play going forward. Click here for a look at our archives.

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