NAC News
Peachtree Corners, GA – NAC International Inc. (NAC) received U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certification for its new high-capacity “Volunteer” transport packaging system in record time for a packaging of this type. The packaging, developed by NAC for the transport of Tritium-Producing Burnable Absorber Rods (TPBARs), vitrified high-level waste (HLW), and irradiated hardware, is now approved under NRC 10 CFR Part 71 with Certificate of Compliance (CoC) USA/9403/B(U)-96, effective April 30, 2025. With the application being submitted to the NRC in May 2024, the new CoC was approved less than one year after the initial submittal, a record for completing the NRC’s approval process for a Type B packaging of this complexity.
Peachtree Corners, GA – NAC International Inc. (NAC) and Paragon D&E (Paragon) announce the signing of a strategic teaming agreement to develop, license, market, produce, and deliver nuclear packagings for various government and commercial entities. The teaming agreement enables the companies to offer a broader array of nuclear materials transportation packaging solutions to the nuclear industry.
Peachtree Corners, GA – NAC International Inc. (NAC) has received U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval for a license amendment for storage of all Fuel Bearing Materials (FBM) associated with the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) site in NAC’s patented MAGNASTOR® systems. On November 19, 2024, the direct and final NRC rule became effective and amends its spent fuel storage regulations, revising the “list of approved spent fuel storage casks” to include Amendment No. 13 to MAGNASTOR Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1031.
Peachtree Corners, GA – NAC International Inc. (NAC) has received a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certification for NAC’s highly shielded version of its versatile OPTIMUS® (OPTImal Modular Universal Shipping) transport packaging system. The OPTIMUS-H is now approved under NRC 10 CFR Part 71 with Certificate of Compliance (CoC) USA/9392/B(U)F-96, effective August 5, 2024.
Peachtree Corners, GA – NAC International Inc. (NAC) has received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its patented OPTIMUS®-L packaging system (U.S. Pat. No. 11,373,773) to contain and transport High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) TRISO fuel, which will be used in advanced reactors. This is the first time the NRC has licensed high-capacity packagings (>500 lb payload) for HALEU TRISO fuel in the U.S. and lays the foundation for future licensing of NAC’s OPTIMUS systems to carry other HALEU contents.
PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA, July 11, 2023 – NAC International welcomes Ms. Joyce Hamman as the company’s Vice President of Quality, effective April 2023. Ms. Hamman leads NAC’s Quality Assurance/Quality Control staff and directs implementation of programs, procedures, and activities to meet industry regulations and standards and to assure quality products and services for NAC clients.
PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA, June 19, 2023 – NAC International Inc. (NAC) announced today that it has established a Canadian Subsidiary, Niagara Energy Products Inc. (NEP Inc.) and that NEP Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Niagara Energy Products (NEP).
OAK RIDGE, TN, April 4, 2023 – The board of directors of NAC Philotechnics, Ltd., (www.nacphilo.com) has appointed veteran waste management executive Ken Grumski as its new president. A wholly-owned subsidiary of NAC International Inc. (NAC), NAC Philotechnics is a health physics, radiological services and waste management company headquartered in Oak Ridge, TN, with a satellite facility in San Diego, CA.
