Under the contract, BWB will provide fleet-wide maintenance and project support services on a task-specific basis for Progress Energy’s nuclear power plants.
BWB will support Progress Energy’s nuclear fleet with maintenance and craft services, project execution, radiation protection, health physics, and other services.
Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy president Christofer Mowry said the contract demonstrates B&W’s capability to provide a complete nuclear services package to utilities across the nation.
BWB is transitioning into this new role, beginning facility assessments in preparation to support three major maintenance and refueling outages planned for April 2012.
BWB is a newly formed entity of BWB LLC, a joint venture between Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Maintenance Services and Bartlett Holdings.