Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies said Wednesday it has promoted Heatherly H. Dukes to the position of president of the company’s Technical Services Group.
Dukes has most recently served as the group’s chief operating officer, overseeing BWXT operations at more than a dozen Energy Department and NASA facilities with an annual contract value of about $7 billion, according to a company news release. In her new job, Dukes will report to BWXT Nuclear Services Group President Ken Camplin.
She has worked in the nuclear industry for 31 years and has held management posts in decommissioning and demolition, engineering, and project management. Dukes has been with BWXT since 1995 and has been stationed at DOE sites including the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state, and the Portsmouth Site in Ohio.
The BWXT business group does work for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management and the National Nuclear Security Administration. BWXT is a supplier of nuclear components and fuel to the U.S. government.
