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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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Vice President
Commercial Operations
Westinghouse eVinciTM
Leah Crider is the Vice President of Commercial Operations for the Westinghouse eVinciTM microreactor business. She has more than 17 years of experience in the nuclear industry in roles of related to Engineering, Project Management, Continuous Improvement and Commercial Operations. Leah is excited to lead the customer and product management teams supporting deployment of game-changing microreactor nuclear technology for a wide range of applications.
Prior to joining Westinghouse, Leah held multiple roles in GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s nuclear business, including Commercial Director for the fuels segment and the Product Management Operations Leader for the entire business. Leah served as the Chief Commercial Officer for Orano Federal Services.
She holds a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech.
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