Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies has named Joel Duling, currently leading its Nuclear Fuel Services subsidiary, to become president of its Nuclear Operations Groups as of June 22.
Duling will succeed Joe Henry, who is retiring. Before joining Tennessee-based Nuclear Fuel Services five years ago as director of operations, Duling served at the Y-12 National Security Complex as vice president of production. In that role he was responsible for the refurbishment of nuclear weapons components.
Duling has 30 years of management level experience in the nuclear and manufacturing sectors, BWXT said in a Thursday news release.
BWXT’s Nuclear Operations Group manufactures naval nuclear reactors. “I am exceedingly pleased that Joel has agreed to step up and take on a new and very crucial role for our company,” BWXT President and CEO Rex Geveden said in the news release.
NFS, which is part of the group, makes nuclear fuel for the Navy. The Nuclear Operations Group reported $317 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2018, a 2.6 percent decrease from the $325 million reported a year earlier. BWXT attributed the difference to the timing of contracts.
“We also wish Joe Henry all the best in retirement. As a retired Two-Star Admiral with the U.S. Navy, Joe brought tremendous operational discipline and leadership to BWXT. He will be missed,” Geveden said. Henry was president of Nuclear Fuel Services for three years and also served a year as a vice president of EnergySolutions, according to his LinkedIn profile.
