BWX Technologies a Lynchburg, Virginia-based maker of nuclear reactors for the U.S. government, added around 18%, or $2.5 billion, to its market value yesterday, in part because investors tied it to a key NASA initiative. The space agency’s Fission Surface Power Project, which first aimed to have a nuclear reactor ready for the moon by 2030, got a big jump-start last night from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Duffy, who also serves as the acting administrator for NASA, unveiled plans to fast-track the project, following a joint move by China and Russia to accelerate their own efforts to establish an atomic energy source on the lunar surface by 2036.
