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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NNSA awards BWXT $1.5B defense fuels contract
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a contract valued at $1.5 billion to build a Domestic Uranium Enrichment Centrifuge Experiment (DUECE) pilot plant in Tennessee in support of the administration’s efforts to build out a domestic supply of unobligated enriched uranium for defense-related nuclear fuel.
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GEHSenior Product Manager
Derek Bass (GEH) is the Senior Product Manager for the Natrium product line at GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. In this role he is responsible for ensuring that the right features are being built for the Natrium product based on analysis of direct customer feedback, customer behavior, policy drivers, and technical constraints. Preceding his current role, Derek led GEH integrated plant engineering supporting the partnership with TerraPower in developing Natrium. Derek’s primary expertise is thermal hydraulic analysis, plant architecture and requirements management.
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