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News Archive - 2021

  • FBP Donates $1,500 to Bishop Flaget for STEM Education

    December 16th, 2021

    Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are crucial subjects to learn to enhance problem-solving skills at home, work or in the classroom. Fluor-BWXT (FBP) recently donated $1,500 for materials to help students at Bishop Flaget Catholic School focus on these topics through a unique STEM program...


  • Giving to Make A Difference, FBP Partners With PALS

    December 13th, 2021

    On Nov. 29, Flour-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) representatives met with the Portsmouth Are Ladies (PALS), an all-volunteer 501c3 organization that helps worthy causes in Scioto County, to donate $8,352.19 from their annual Employee Giving campaign...


  • FBP Donates $2,500 for Winter Wonderland

    December 7th, 2021

    The winter season will be a little more festive this year as Waverly will host a Winter Wonderland Festival Dec. 11 with the support of Fluor-BWXT as a $2,500 community sponsor. The Pike County Community Fund organized a new celebration following the cancellation of the Jingle Bell weekend. The Winter Wonderland Festival will offer several Jingle Bell traditions in addition to many new family activities including an ice skating rink and horse and carriage rides...


  • Fluor-BWXT Employees Host Annual Coat Drive

    December 7th, 2021

    Employees at Fluor-BWXT held a coat drive to provide some warmth for less fortunate children in the area. A total of 133 coats, gloves and hats were donated to schools in Jackson and Pike counties and Greenup County, Ky., just in time for winter...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates $50,000 to SOPA for Economic Growth

    November 22nd, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT (FBP) and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO) presented a $50,000 check to representatives from the Southern Ohio Port Authority (SOPA) to help spur economic growth in Scioto County with a new 45,000 square foot building near the airport in Minford...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates $20,000 to Chillicothe Steel for Expansion Project

    November 18th, 2021

    Chillicothe Steel will benefit from a recent $20-thousand donation from Fluor-BWXT and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio. The donation will go toward Chillicothe Steel’s current expansion project. Chillicothe Steel plans to move from 106 S. McArthur Street and expand its operations to a new warehouse within Chillicothe’s Gateway Interchange Industrial Park...


  • Fluor-BWXT Supports Portsmouth Murals

    November 18th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) recently donated $1,000 in support of the Portsmouth Floodwall Murals project. The funds will be used for general upkeep of the more than 55 murals depicting the history of the Ohio River Valley...


  • Employee Giving Campaign Raises over $76,000

    November 15th, 2021

    The 2021 Employee Giving Campaign faced some COVID related hurdles this year but with the help of our employees we finished strong. This year we raised over $76,000 to help charities in Pike, Scioto, Ross, and Jackson counties...


  • FBP Helps Local Roastery Percolate New Market

    November 11th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio recently donated $20,000 to Lofts Coffee Company and Roastery, a business that has been brewing success since 2014. This year, the Portsmouth-based coffee shop plans to automate the packaging process and sell single-serve pods filled with fresh-roasted specialty coffee through their web site. Automating operations will help improve safety and increase efficiency...


  • Team Earns Site Director’s Spot Award for Safety

    November 2nd, 2021

    On Sept. 21, the X-333 Air Quality Team received the Site Director’s Spot award for evaluating ambient air quality during disassembly of process components in the X-333 Material Sizing Area (MSA). The team was formed to conduct an independent review and to consider whether existing controls should be enhanced...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates $25,000 for Piketon Economic Development

    October 29th, 2021

    The Piketon Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) has begun purchasing dilapidated properties for redevelopment and resale as part of a beautification process for the area to enhance the economic development of the area. Fluor-BWXT (FBP) recently donated $25,000 to the CIC to support the improvements and development within the Village...


  • FBP Honored for Supporting Waverly Students

    October 26th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT is proud of their involvement with helping local schools succeed, especially when it comes to innovative programs like Waverly’s Community Outreach and Parent Engagement program (COPE)...


  • Wellston Volunteers Donate Gift Baskets for Annual Fundraiser

    October 22nd, 2021

    For the past two years, the Make Wellston Beautiful organization in Wellston has generously donated gift baskets for Fluor-BWXT’s annual Employee Giving Campaign raffles and auctions. This year, they provided three baskets, with themes ranging from fall to Christmas...


  • Sewer Extension Project Opens Corridor to Future Businesses

    September 28th, 2021

    Work is nearly complete on a recent sewer line extension project on the east side of US Route 23 in the village of Piketon. The project, selected by the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO), received a grant of $54,194 from Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) to help spur continued growth in the corridor, currently occupied by the Sunoco gas station and Innovative Solutions...


  • Eastern Elementary Receives STEM-Focused Donation

    September 23rd, 2021

    Pike County’s Eastern Elementary recently received a $4,000 donation from the Waste Management Symposia (WMS), a non-profit business based in Arizona that hosts an annual international conference for the management of radioactive waste and related topics and is attended by representatives of Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, LLC (FBP)...


  • Portsmouth Excavations a Win for Waste Disposition, Cleanup, Site Reuse

    September 14th, 2021

    Work is underway at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Portsmouth Site on the first of five legacy groundwater plumes to be excavated for soil needed in the newly constructed On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF)...


  • FBP Employees Awarded Prestigious Medal of Safety

    August 31st, 2021

    On August 18, 2021, Fluor awarded the prestigious Medal of Safety (Silver Medallion) to Portsmouth employees Bryan Cornett, Cecil McCoy and Jimmy Nichols for taking life-saving actions that potentially saved the life of their supervisor Marsha McRoberts...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donation Helps Support Notre Dame Science Lab

    August 31st, 2021

    As students start back to school this fall at Notre Dame High School in Portsmouth, they’ll be using some new, user-friendly equipment in their science lab thanks to financial support from Fluor-BWXT. The company recently donated $1,500 from the Community Commitment Fund for educational initiatives...


  • Fluor-BWXT Annual Blood Drive

    August 31st, 2021

    Joe Sattler was one of dozens of PORTS employees who took time from their day yesterday to donate blood during the annual Fluor-BWXT blood drive. With more than fifty people donating, the Red Cross collected enough units to save up to 156 lives...


  • Fluor-BWXT Mentors STEAM Ahead in Jackson County

    August 26th, 2021

    Mentors from Fluor-BWXT’s STEAM Ahead program recently embarked on an educational journey with local students at day camp. Fourteen 5th through 7th graders attended day one of the Summer Manufacturing Camp at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College branch in Jackson and explored water treatment, engineering, chemistry and welding with some of Fluor-BWXT’s (FBP) subject matter experts...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates $3,000 to Jackson County Senior Center

    August 26th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT (FBP) recently presented a $3,000 donation to the Jackson County Senior Center from the Community Commitment Fund. The funds were used towards the meal-delivery program for senior citizens living in Jackson County, a program that provided 3,917 home-delivered dinners last month...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates to 4-H Pike County Exhibitors

    August 16th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, LLC (FBP), the company performing extensive environmental cleanup work at the U.S. Department of Energy’s former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, is a proud supporter of the 4-H livestock auctions at county fairs throughout Southern Ohio. Recently, FBP provided $8,100 toward the auction of 52 animals shown by children of FBP employees at the Pike County Fair...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates to 4-H Jackson County Exhibitors

    August 16th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT, the company performing extensive environmental cleanup work at the U.S. Department of Energy’s former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, is a proud supporter of the 4-H livestock auctions at county fairs throughout Southern Ohio. Recently, FBP provided $1,700 toward the auction of 10 animals shown by children of FBP employees at the Jackson County Fair...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donation Aimed at Inspiring Young Readers

    July 22nd, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) has donated $2,000 to help inspire young readers in southern Ohio. This year, Portsmouth’s Books Build Bridges committee will be using the money toward the purchase of a plot-twisting dystopian novel for students in Scioto County...


  • Fluor-BWXT Supports Waverly COPE Program

    June 23rd, 2021

    For a second consecutive year, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth LLC (FBP) has stepped forward to support Waverly City School’s Community Outreach and Parent Engagement (COPE) program. Through its Community Commitment Fund for charitable giving, the company recently provided a $2,000 donation to the program that provides a wide range of resources to students such as food, clothing and medical/utility assistance, as well as assisting graduates find jobs or housing...


  • Fluor-BWXT Helps Local Welding and Fabrication Business Expand

    May 13th, 2021

    On April 27, Fluor-BWXT and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO) presented Industrial Reliability & Repair (IRR) with a $30,000 check for an expansion project to generate job opportunities and add 3,000 square feet to their headquarters in Chillicothe. IRR is an industrial construction company that specializes in welding, millwright services, pipefitting, and fabrication...


  • Fluor-BWXT provides $3,000 donation to Friends of Portsmouth

    May 10th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT recently donated $3,000 for charitable outreach in Scioto County to Friends of Portsmouth, a non-profit 501c3 organization...


  • Wheelersburg High School Advances to DOE National Science Bowl®

    April 28th, 2021

    Students from Wheelersburg High School won the Department of Energy’s annual South Central Ohio Regional Science Bowl, which was conducted virtually and concluded on April 8...


  • Fluor-BWXT Wins Federal Supply Chain Award - Acquisitions Department Triples Cost-Savings Goal

    April 14th, 2021

    The Fluor-BWXT (FBP) Acquisitions Department recently won a prestigious award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Supply Chain Management Center (SCMC) by tripling a targeted cost-savings goal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates $50,000 to Wellston’s Partnership Plaza

    April 8th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, LLC (FBP) is partnering with the city of Wellston, Jackson County Economic Development Partnership (JCEDP), and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO) with a $50,000 grant towards the Partnership Plaza, a significant neighborhood revitalization project...


  • Fluor-BWXT Provides $46,000 Grant to Jackson County Business

    April 8th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT is committed to partnering in the economic development of southern Ohio and recently supported Jackson County’s Phoenix Quality Manufacturing with a grant of $46,000...


  • FBP Employee Provides Donation Upon Retirement

    March 18th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT’s JD Dowell recently accepted a $550 donation from Mimi Clausing for the Christmas Gifts for Children (CGFC) program. Clausing made and provided homemade masks/facial coverings to employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering colorful and festive holiday designs for a donation to the program. It was her final charitable act as an employee at PORTS as she retired February 25 after 38 years of service...


  • Fluor-BWXT Supports New Ross County Industrial Development

    March 17th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT recently partnered with the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO) to donate $17,500 to support sewer extension to a new industrial park in Ross County...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates $12,000 to Pike County Community Fund

    March 15th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT has partnered with the Pike County Community Fund with a $12,000 donation from the annual Employee Giving Campaign...


  • Fluor-BWXT Donates $5,187 to Pike County YMCA

    March 1st, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT’s recent Employee Giving Campaign is proud to support the Pike County YMCA with a donation of $5,187. The financial gift results from the annual fundraising efforts of Fluor-BWXT employees to help charities and non-profits in the surrounding communities...


  • Ross County Tent Manufacturer Shifts to Making COVID PPE Thanks to Fluor-BWXT Economic Development Grant

    February 24th, 2021

    Ross County’s Advantage Tent Fittings is finding new ways to expand during the COVID crisis, and a $20,000 grant from Fluor-BWXT (FBP) and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO) is helping them meet that demand...


  • Fluor-BWXT Launches New Science Education Program

    January 28th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT is excited to launch a new science education program aimed at getting local students to start thinking about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) careers...


  • Fluor-BWXT Provides $34,000 Grant to Ross County Business

    January 26th, 2021

    Herr’s Foods, located on East 7th Street in Chillicothe, recently enhanced their quality process with the help of a $34,000 grant from Fluor-BWXT (FBP) and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO)...


  • Applications Being Accepted for 2021 Fluor-BWXT Scholarships

    January 7th, 2021

    Fluor-BWXT (FBP) is currently accepting scholarship applications from graduating high school seniors in Pike, Scioto, Ross and Jackson counties. Twelve scholarships, valued at $2,000 each, will be awarded this year to students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) programs...