BWXT names Joel W. Duling president of nuclear operations group subsidiary

Published May 10, 2018 by Paula C. Squires

BWX Technologies Inc. said Thursday that Joel W. Duling has been appointed to succeed retiring BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Inc. President Joe G. Henry effective June 22.

Currently, Duling serves as president of BWXT subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS)  Inc. in Erwin, Tenn. He has nearly 30 years of leadership and management experience in the manufacturing and nuclear industries including reactor operations, nuclear facility operations, armor and steel manufacturing, safety, environmental compliance and remediation.

Prior to joining NFS in 2013 as director of operations, Duling was vice president of production at the Y-12 National Security Complex where he was responsible for the refurbishment of nuclear weapons components for the nation’s nuclear deterrent.

Other nuclear leadership roles include serving as director of the Specific Manufacturing Capability Project at Idaho National Laboratory, Babcock & Wilcox site manager of the Naval Reactors Facility decommissioning project, and program manager for uranium and waste storage, treatment and disposal at Fernald Environmental Management Project.