Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies has selected executive David Brown to head a joint venture, BWSR LLC, focused on decommissioning and tearing down facilities at Naval Nuclear Laboratory sites.
As president of BWSR, Brown will lead the 250-person BWXT Technical Services Group-APTIM Federal Services team that provides cleanup at sites under contract to Fluor Marine Propulsion in Idaho, Pennsylvania, and New York, according to a Tuesday press release. The venture, which has been at the sites since 2010, is nearing the end of a $140 million, two-year contract extension, though it has an option for a third year.
The vacancy at the helm of BWSR was created when John Stewart became president of BWXT’s Tennessee-based Nuclear Fuel Services subsidiary in July.
Brown, who joined BWXT four years ago, has more than 35 years of decommissioning and demolition (D&D) and other nuclear experience, and most recently led a $238 million facility deactivation project for BWXT at the X-333 process building at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio. He has managed both government and commercial nuclear decommissioning projects in the United States and abroad.
On the commercial front, Brown was the waste management and construction manager at the Zion Nuclear Power Station decommissioning project in Illinois from January 2010 to January 2014, a project managed by EnergySolutions. Brown also spent 11 years as a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine officer.
“Dave’s impressive history with BWXT and his professional roots in the D&D industry and U.S. Navy submarine force make him uniquely suited for this leadership role with BWSR,” said BWXT Nuclear Services Group President Ken Camplin in a press release.
The joint venture headed by Brown tears down inactive facilities at the three facilities, and also removes complex systems in operating nuclear facilities to allow for new ones to be installed.
