BWX Technologies Opens Centrifuge Manufacturing Development Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) has officially opened its Centrifuge Manufacturing Development Facility (CMDF) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to advance domestic production of uranium enrichment centrifuges for national security and energy applications. The facility, part of a Department of Energy and NNSA-funded program, will support design, engineering, fabrication, and testing of advanced gas centrifuge technology. Construction began in late June 2025 and was completed in just seven months, with operations starting in late January 2026. “I am so impressed with the speed at which the BWXT team moved, from breaking ground in late June to standing up this facility just seven months later,” said Rex D. Geveden, BWXT President and CEO.