The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) manages complex, high-consequence nuclear and national security operations at nuclear production facilities.
B&W has more than 50 years of experience as owner/operator of large nuclear development, production and reactor facilities, including nuclear components for defense programs.
As the owner and operator of the nation's largest commercial high-enriched uranium (HEU) processing facility and as manager and operator of the Y-12 National Security Complex and Pantex Plant, B&W safeguards more HEU than any other company in the U.S. We are recognized as an industry leader in nuclear materials handling, processing, packaging, transportation, safeguards and security for high-consequence operations. We oversee complex operations, physical security, materials accountability and information protection.
B&W's experience also includes more than a decade of managing nuclear facilities and programs at Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE and NNSA) sites in the nuclear weapons complex, including several major site closure projects.
With more than 175 facility-years experience, B&W's diverse nuclear experience at DOE and Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulated sites demonstrates our wide range of responsibilities for Category I and II nuclear facilities including:
- nuclear and non-nuclear R&D
- nuclear component production
- plutonium and uranium decontamination and decommissioning
- facility stabilization
- nuclear materials management
- waste characterization and disposal
