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BWXT awarded contract to expand TRISO production line

July 7, 2020, 2:07PMNuclear News

BWX Technologies has signed a $26-million, 20-month contract to expand and upgrade its TRISO fuel manufacturing line. The recently announced deal, awarded by Idaho National Laboratory, calls for the expansion of BWXT’s capacity for the manufacture of TRISO fuel compacts and the upgrading of existing systems for delivering production-scale quantities of TRISO fuel.

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BWXT awarded contract to expand TRISO production line

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