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$75,800,000

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to BWXT ORDNANCE TENNESSEE, INC.

energyactive
ACTION DATE2026-02-21·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 Department of Energy weapons stockpile maintenance and national security applications.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-weapons-stockpileuranium-productiondoe-national-security
Why this matters

Depleted uranium is critical for maintaining U.S. nuclear weapons reliability and stockpile stewardship under the Stockpile Stewardship Program.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained domestic capacity for uranium enrichment and purification; signals continued reliance on BWXT as primary supplier for DOE nuclear materials.

U.S.–China competition angle

Ensures U.S. domestic control of uranium production for weapons; reduces dependence on foreign nuclear material sources amid strategic competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002267.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2030-09-30
Status
activein 1599 days
Sources

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