BWXT Appoints Martyn Coombs to lead Nuclear Medicine Business as President, BWXT ITG Canada
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – July 6, 2020) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced that Martyn Coombs has been appointed president, BWXT ITG Canada, Inc. (BWXT ITG Canada), effective July 20, 2020. In this role, Coombs will have P&L responsibility for BWXT’s medical isotope business, based in Canada, with facilities in Kanata, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition to leading the existing business, Coombs will also be responsible for guiding the successful launch of BWXT’s technetium-99m generator product line currently in development, and growing the overall business. Coombs will be replacing Tom Burnett, who is retiring.
BWXT Awarded Contract to Expand TRISO Nuclear Fuel Production Line
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – July 1, 2020) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that its Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. subsidiary has been awarded a competitively bid contract by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to expand and upgrade its TRISO nuclear fuel manufacturing line.