NAC News
Peachtree Corners, GA — NAC International Inc. (NAC), a global leader in implementing environmentally friendly integrated fuel cycle, radioactive material, and waste management solutions, has received regulatory approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its patented OPTIMUS®-L packaging system (U.S. Patent No. 11,373,773) to transport high activity radioactive sources.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee – NAC Philotechnics, a full-scope radiological, health physics, waste management, and integrated processing/brokerage services company, as part of ITP America, LLC Joint Venture (Insight Environmental Engineering & Construction, Inc., Tidewater, Inc., and NAC Philotechnics, Ltd.) was one of six firms selected for the combined $240 million RADMAC III multiple-award contract to provide radiological services for the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC).
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.
