Fluor-BWXT (FBP) recently donated $25,000 to the Piketon Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) for economic development. The CIC, a private non-profit organization and the economic development arm of the Village of Piketon, is buying dilapidated properties for redevelopment and resale...
Three Ross County students were the recipients of the 2022 Fluor-BWXT (FBP) STEAM Scholarship, a one-time, $2,000 award. Each year, Fluor-BWXT awards 12 college scholarships to area high school students pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM). More than 100 applications for the scholarships were received for this year’s scholarships...
Three Jackson High School seniors received a $2,000 scholarship from Fluor-BWXT (FBP) for their pursuit of a career in science, technology, engineering, arts or math (STEAM). FBP presents 12 college scholarships to area students each year...
The Jackson County Commissioners recognized Fluor-BWXT (FBP) for promoting industrial, economic, commercial and civic development for Jackson County over the past 10 years. The members, along with representatives of the Jackson County Economic Development Partnership (JCEDP) and area business leaders, presented a proclamation during their regular meeting in May...
Recently, two Fluor-BWXT employees were recognized for their significant roles in rescuing a member of the community who was stranded in Piketon during inclement weather...
Valley High School has captured first place in this year’s South Central Ohio Regional Science Bowl. The regional competition, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), drew 18 schools and 30 teams from Scioto, Pike, Ross and Jackson counties. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, teams competed at their individual schools instead of gathering at one venue...
In the not so distant past, five-year-olds with school-issued laptops may have simply sounded like a pipe dream. At Jasper Elementary, though, technology has become an essential component in the classroom, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) donated $3,500 to purchase Chromebook computers and STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and math) activity items for the students...
Fluor-BWXT’s commitment to a strong and sustainable economy in southern Ohio was honored recently with a proclamation from the Ross County Commissioners during regular session...
This week, Fluor-BWXT (FBP) celebrates Engineers Week. As a large employer in southern Ohio requiring expertise from diverse engineering careers, FBP is proud to have employees who are dedicated to mentoring others. Today, February 24, is “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day).”...
Fluor-BWXT (FBP) employees at the U.S. Department of Energy site in Pike County held a “Superbowl ThursDey” Tailgate Party for the Cincinnati Bengals today during lunch break...
Fluor-BWXT (FBP) has extended the application deadline for the 2022 summer internship program to Feb. 21, 2022. The Fluor-BWXT internship program provides college students from a wide array of education disciplines to gain an opportunity to apply traditional academic classroom learning to actual hands-on work experience...
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...
Audible testing of the PORTS Public Warning System (PWS) will be conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 25 and26, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Audible testing of the PWS is conducted to ensure the system functions as intended and to familiarize site personnel and the public with the audible warning tones of the sirens...
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...
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...
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...
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 (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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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)...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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 (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 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, 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 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...
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...
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 recently donated $3,000 for charitable outreach in Scioto County to Friends of Portsmouth, a non-profit 501c3 organization...
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...
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 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 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...
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 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 has partnered with the Pike County Community Fund with a $12,000 donation from the annual Employee Giving Campaign...
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’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 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...
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)...
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...
