- Headquarters
- Lynchburg, Virginia, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Components & subsystems(Inputs); also Operations & infrastructure
- What that means
- Makes the parts others build into products: chips, sensors, optics, modules, engines and subsystems.
- Founded
- 1867
- Staff
- 8,700 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- NYSE:BWXT on Google Finance
- Website
- bwxt.com
- Relevance
- High at its strongest, in Advanced Nuclear & Fusion
Lynchburg, Virginia, United StatesIn 2 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
Energy Technologies · Manufacture · listed #12 of 50
Sole maker of US naval nuclear reactors, producer of TRISO fuel and components, and developer of the BANR microreactor and Project Pele.
Relevance: Naval reactor maker and TRISO fuel producer.
Biotechnology & Health Technologies · Manufacture · listed #12 of 50
Its BWXT Medical unit (Ottawa, acquired from Nordion) produces I-125, Y-90 and other isotopes and has developed a non-HEU Mo-99/Tc-99m generator.
Relevance: Medical isotope producer (former Nordion medical)