Company: BWXT
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001486957-25-000008
Chunk: 88

Company: BWX Technologies, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 88
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 our consolidated financial statements included in this Report.

We perform significant amounts of work for the U.S. Government under both prime contracts and subcontracts and operate certain facilities that are licensed to possess and process special nuclear materials. As a result of these activities, we are subject to continuing reviews by governmental agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the NRC. We are also involved in manufacturing activities at licensed facilities in Canada that are subject to continuing reviews by governmental agencies in Canada, including the CNSC.

The NRC's decommissioning regulations require our Government Operations segment to provide financial assurance that it will be able to pay the expected cost of decommissioning its two licensed facilities at the end of their service lives. We provided financial assurance totaling $68.1 million and $68.1 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, with surety bonds for the ultimate decommissioning of these licensed facilities. These facilities have provisions in their government contracts pursuant to which substantially all of our decommissioning costs and financial assurance obligations are covered by the DOE, including the costs to complete the decommissioning projects underway at the facility in Erwin, Tennessee. The surety bonds noted above are to cover decommissioning required pursuant to work not subject to this DOE obligation.

In Canada, the CNSC's decommissioning regulations require our Commercial Operations segment to provide financial assurance that it will be able to pay the expected cost of decommissioning its CNSC-licensed facilities at the end of their service lives. We provided financial assurance totaling $28.5 million and $44.3 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, with letters of credit and surety bonds for the ultimate decommissioning of these licensed facilities.

At December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had total environmental accruals, including asset retirement obligations, of $103.4 million and $101.1 million, respectively. Of our total environmental accruals at December 31, 2024 and 2023, $9.2 million and $10.6 million, respectively, were included in current liabilities. Inherent in the estimates of these accruals are our expectations regarding the levels of contamination, decommissioning costs and recoverability from other parties, which may vary significantly as decommissioning activities progress. Accordingly, changes in estimates could result in material adjustments to our operating results, and the ultimate loss may differ materially