Nuclear fuel management specialist NAC International said Tuesday it has hired a longtime Duke Energy manager and executive as its director of fuel cycle consulting.
David Culp will head the Peachtree Corners, Ga., company’s “consulting activities related to the nuclear fuel cycle,” according to a press release. He will report to Michael McMahon, NAC’s vice president of consulting and strategic projects.
Culp started on the job in May, after 17 months as a self-employed nuclear fuel consultant, according to his LinkedIn profile,
Prior to that, he spent 33 years at Duke Energy, starting as an engineer in 1986 and closing out as general manager, nuclear fuels and analysis, in December 2018. In that role he oversaw the full scope of nuclear fuel management of Duke’s 11 nuclear power units, NAC said in its press release.
“With Dave Culp’s extensive nuclear utility leadership experience developing and licensing independent fuel reload analysis methods, demonstrating advanced fuel designs in lead test assembly programs, and implementing fuel assembly design transitions, we are very pleased to have him join our team,” NAC President and CEO Kent Cole said in prepared comments. “His background and professional capabilities will help strengthen and expand NAC International’s growth in the coming years.”
NAC International was formed in 1968 and was bought in 2013 by Hitachi Zosen Corp., a manufacturing and engineering company based in Osaka, Japan. Its business includes manufacturing of storage and transportation systems for spent fuel from nuclear power plants. It is participating in a project for temporary storage of used fuel in West Texas, led by a joint venture of Orano and Waste Control Specialists.
In March, NAC announced the hiring of former Veolia Nuclear Solutions chief executive William Gallo as chief strategy officer.
