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Delivering Quality for the International Nuclear Industry

NAC International Inc.’s (NAC) parent company, Kanadevia Corporation (formerly Hitachi Zosen Corporation), is a Japan-based company that operates through three business segments:

• The Environmental Business segment engages in the manufacture of various plants, such as waste incineration power generation and recycling facilities.
• The Machinery and Infrastructure Business segment engages in the manufacture of automobile press machines, boilers, plastic machinery, food machinery, pharmaceutical machinery.
• The Decarbonization Business segment engages in the manufacture of marine engines, denitrification catalysts, various process equipment such as pressure vessels, nuclear power-related facilities, and wind power generation.

Kanadevia Corporation supports the clean, carbon-free nuclear energy industry through NAC (a wholly owned subsidiary) and through its own nuclear equipment business with manufacturing operations at its Ariake Works. Ariake Works is Kanadevia’s largest and most advanced fabrication facility and NAC’s primary manufacturer of NAC products to meet client needs and regulatory requirements.

NAC aims to become the No. 1 supplier in the global cask/canister market together with Kandadevia by leveraging synergies among group companies and promoting technological development tailored to the needs of each region and customer.

For inquiries about Kanadevia’s nuclear equipment business or Ariake Works, please contact: Naoshi Honoue, Nuclear Systems Sales Department.

Kanadevia Corporation operates a U.S. subsidiary, Kanadevia U.S.A. Ltd. For inquiries about Kanadevia Corporation products for the North American Market, please contact: Noboru Yamamoto, Sales & Business Development Manager.

At NAC International, quality assurance is among our highest priorities. Customers like the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy demand reliable and continuous assurance that nuclear products and services fully comply with all relevant quality requirements.

NAC understands that quality awareness, recognition of personal responsibility for quality, and the resultant oversight by external groups are fundamental and necessary elements of our business.

Quality, cost and schedule are not contradictions at NAC. Our teams recognize that while quality includes cost and schedule considerations, quality compliance is a committed project deliverable that must never be compromised. The quality of all NAC products and services is never made subordinate to cost or schedule considerations.

Quality program compliance is required for all NAC personnel performing applicable work. At NAC, we firmly believe that quality is not just a regulatory requirement – it is essential to meeting our obligations to public safety and customer satisfaction. Which is why NAC has earned a worldwide reputation for exceptional quality assurance and performance.

NAC QA Audit and Inspection

The NAC Quality Program is routinely subject to audit and inspection, by NAC clients, utility and supplier industry groups, and regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Every audit or inspection has resulted in approvals of NAC’s Quality Program.

Audit and inspection results have been uniformly positive, resulting in approvals by every organization auditing or inspecting NAC. On the very few instances when issues were noted, they were, without exception, promptly resolved to the satisfaction of the auditing/inspecting entity.

Process and Supplier Oversight

NAC has established the most robust program for internal process and supplier oversight in the industry.

Each internal NAC project is assigned a dedicated Project Quality Assurance Engineer (PQAE) during project planning activities to serve as the project-based quality representative throughout the duration of the project. PQAEs report to the Project Manager for project activities and directly to QA Management for quality issues. The PQAE is augmented by other quality personnel, including auditors, inspectors and examiners as required throughout project performance, to assure that the project continues to comply with the applicable quality criteria.

Supplier oversight is also rigorous. Every significant fabrication or construction project is assigned a dedicated Fabrication/Construction Manager who acts as the primary NAC interface with the supplier, minimizing fabrication or construction issues and, in conjunction with the assigned PQAE, assuring that the quality performance of our suppliers complies with client specification and NAC’s highest standards.

NAC International’s history of nuclear package system design and fabrication, radioactive material handling and transport, site operations, and facility engineering and assessment is extensive and varied, covering most continents and many different types of nuclear facilities and materials.

Storage Projects

NAC has achieved many successes with its four multipurpose transportable spent fuel storage systems currently in use around the world.
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Transportation Projects

NAC has made history with its nuclear materials packaging and transport achievements.
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Engineering Projects

NAC’s engineering projects have been varied and widely recognized for their succeses.
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NAC International maintains an exceptionally regarded Quality Program that regularly assures our customers of the highest quality of NAC technologies and services.

Unique among its peers, NAC’s quality assurance program has been continuously approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for over thirty years. In accord with NRC requirements, NAC’s Quality Program is applied on a graded basis, whereby formal planning is used to assign quality controls to an item or activity consistent with its safety significance.

Additionally, NAC has received U.S. Department of Energy quality assurance program approval for all applicable nuclear-related standards.

NAC’s Quality Program is continually improved and enhanced, building on NAC’s extensive experience and the experience of the entire industry.

NAC’s Quality Program is fully compliant with each of the applicable industry and regulatory codes and standards, including:

• 10 CFR 71, Subpart H
• 10 CFR 72, Subpart G
• 10 CFR 50, Appendix B
• ASME/NQA-1 (08/09), basic and supplemental requirements
• 10 CFR 21
• 10 CFR 830.120
• Other applicable international regulatory codes and standards

NAC’s Quality Program is staffed by the most experienced personnel in the industry, averaging over 30 years of experience in nuclear quality assurance. NAC quality personnel have had significant roles helping to establish current quality assurance practices through extensive involvement with industry code rulemaking committees, as well as with quality program development and consulting assistance for companies wishing to obtain N-type accreditation by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Trusted Partner for Fuel Cycle Solutions

For more than 50 years, NAC International has been a leading provider of nuclear fuel cycle technology and consulting solutions – serving more than 200 customers, including leading nuclear utilities, supplier companies, governments, agencies, and the investment and financial communities.

Founded in 1968 as Nuclear Assurance Corporation, NAC was recognized early on for its pioneering nuclear market information services and used fuel storage cask design and licensing, winning the respect of a burgeoning nuclear sector.

With innovative engineering and flexible approaches, NAC solves some of the world’s most vexing nuclear fuel and waste management challenges supported by an internationally recognized team of industry experts. NAC International is the nuclear solutions partner an entire industry has come to trust.

Our Capabilities

NAC International provides nuclear market capabilities in the following areas:

Storage Technologies

Transportable storage solutions for used nuclear fuel, including design, licensing, and implementation.
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Transport Systems

Solutions that include transport cask design, planning, shipment, safeguards, and safety.
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Consulting Services

Nuclear materials expertise and consulting, including market insights, performance assessments, material control and accountability (MC&A), and training.
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Achievements

NAC International is proud of its long history and record of accomplishments – unrivaled in its sector.

• International deployment of transportable storage systems – including to Zion, the largest dry storage used nuclear fuel project for a U.S. decommissioned plant
• Development of MAGNASTOR®, the highest spent fuel assembly capacity and most efficient transportable storage technology in the United States.
• Major U.S. Department of Energy projects, including securing plutonium-bearing fuel at the BN-350 reactor in Kazakhstan, spent fuel stabilization in North Korea involving loading of 800 sealed canisters, removing highly enriched uranium fuel from Iraq after the Gulf War, and retrieving highly enriched nuclear fuel from foreign research reactors to the United States.
• Contractor for major U.S. Department of Energy design, engineering and fabrication programs, including at Hanford, Savannah River Site and Oak Ridge.
• Design, licensing, and fabrication of more than 500 transportable used fuel storage systems, the LWT truck transport casks, and the STC dual purpose rail transport casks.
• Specialized cask services for the DOE, including design of a unique transport cask for Californium and support for recertification of the Paducah Tiger UF₆ transport overpack, including drop test analysis.
• Proven experience in commercial and government nuclear material safeguards management.
• A key member of the Consolidated Interim Storage Industry initiative with Interim Storage Partners, in Andrews, Texas.

Community

Navigating Nuclear: Energizing Our World

NAC International is proud to sponsor Navigating Nuclear: Energizing Our World™, an exciting new program from the American Nuclear Society and Discovery Education that provides students and educators the tools they need to explore nuclear science and explore its role in future technological applications.

This new, dynamic, standards-aligned program invites students to explore the many applications of nuclear science and its impact on energy, healthcare, food, and the environment. This program provides classroom resources, career profiles, a virtual field trip to a nuclear facility, and FAQs about nuclear science and technology.

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Transportable Dry Used Fuel Systems

NAC International has achieved many successes with the development of its four multipurpose transportable used fuel storage systems currently in use around the world.

In the United States, more than 3,000 Multipurpose Canister Systems (MCS) have been loaded with used fuel and placed into Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSI) at reactor sites.

To date, NAC multipurpose systems constitute a large percentage of all loaded concrete Multipurpose Canister Systems in the U.S.

NAC has performed numerous successful projects involving the supply and loading of its MPC, STC, UMS, and ultra-high capacity MAGNASTOR® dry storage/transport technologies for utility customers. Since 1992, NAC has deployed more than 500 dry storage systems at major sites in North America and the Asia-Pacific.

NAC has proven capabilities as a major supplier of critical systems that support the necessary transportable storage of used nuclear fuel – necessary for preserving the contribution of nuclear energy in the U.S. and around the world.

NAC System and its Users

MAGNASTOR®	UMS™	MPC
Arizona Public Services, Palo Verde Duke Energy, McGuire and Catawba ZionSolutions, Zion Dominion Energy Kewaunee Taiwan Power Company, Kuosheng Exelon, Three Mile Island	Arizona Public Services, Palo Verde Duke Energy, McGuire and Catawba Maine Yankee Taiwan Power Company, Chinshan	Yankee Atomic, Yankee Rowe Connecticut Light and Power, Connecticut Yankee Dairyland Power, LaCrosse West Valley Demonstration Project DOE Hanford Site