Bechtel Power Corporation to Cut 200 Jobs at Reston Site After Natrium Project Stalls
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGVirginia Employment Commission· filed September 15, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Reston VA.
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on September 15, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the VA state workforce agency.
Summary
Bechtel Power Corporation announced the layoff of 200 employees at its Reston location after Bechtel and partner TerraPower were unable to agree on how to proceed with the next phase of the Natrium Demonstration Project. The article reports that these announced cuts comprised the bulk of 451 job-loss announcements in Northern Virginia between June 21 and Sept. 21, a period that saw a more than 47% increase in announced job losses compared with the prior year. The piece notes overall summer job-loss figures for the region and state, cites WARN Act notice requirements for large employers, and updates that separate possible layoffs at General Dynamics did not occur. No specific effective date for Bechtel’s layoffs is provided in the article.
Bechtel Power Corporation disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the VA state workforce agency on September 15, 2026. The notice covers 200 employees in Reston, VA, with the layoff effective November 16, 2026.
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