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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.
Mark Gake serves as the Nuclear Technology Portfolio Manager and Nuclear Projects Director for Black & Veatch's Advanced Power Generation group. In this role, Mark is responsible for the execution of nuclear new build projects, operating plant projects, decommissioning projects, and Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) projects for the Nuclear Organization of Black & Veatch's Advanced Power Generation group. In the Nuclear Technology Portfolio Manager role, Mark is responsible for nuclear strategy, developing technology and targeted market solutions, and managing Black & Veatch's global corporate relationships with the nuclear reactor OEMs and key technology providers. The nuclear technology focus includes both power reactors and non-power or research reactors, fission and fusion processes, Generation III+ and Generation IV advanced reactors, and medical isotope production facilities. Mark has worked on a variety of nuclear projects over his 32 plus year career, including new build projects in the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Taiwan.
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