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$75,800,000

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to BWXT ORDNANCE TENNESSEE, INC.

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WORK BEGAN2025-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-02-21·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_89233125CNA000429_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

HIGH PURITY DEPLETED URANIUM (HPDU) PRODUCTION SERVICES

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Production of high-purity depleted uranium for the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship program.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-weapons-stockpileuranium-productiondoe-m&o
Why this matters

Depleted uranium is critical to maintaining the reliability and safety of the U.S. nuclear arsenal under the Stockpile Stewardship Program.

Supply-chain signal

This contract secures domestic production capacity for a material essential to nuclear weapons manufacturing; BWXT is a key node in the U.S. nuclear industrial base.

U.S.–China competition angle

Domestic uranium enrichment and processing capability is strategically vital to reduce reliance on foreign nuclear fuel sources and maintain nuclear deterrent independence.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-01. Cost: $0.002914.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2030-09-30
Status
activein 1553 days
Sources

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