Orano TN said Wednesday it has promoted a vice president to the newly established position of chief commercial officer.
Roger Maggi assumed the role this month after more than two years as vice president for aging management systems at the nuclear logistics subsidiary of Orano USA, according to his LinkedIn profile.
“I want to thank Orano for trusting me with this role, and I commit to delivering the right solutions to industry delivering on the Nuclear Promise,” he wrote on the website.
The job includes management of all commercial and product-strategy activities for Orano TN’s work in the United States, according to a company press release.
A three-decade veteran of the nuclear industry, Maggi previously worked for Orano predecessor AREVA and served in the Navy.
The announcement came as Orano TN prepares for a third pre-application meeting with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for licensing its new spent fuel transport cask. The meeting is scheduled for Aug. 18.
“We anticipate filing the TN Eagle application for the EOS canister before the end of the year,” with the cask intended to be available for market by 2023, Orano spokesman Curtis Roberts said by email Tuesday.
Details such as the life-cycle cost for the system and the number of casks to be produced are proprietary information, Roberts said. He did not say how long the cask has been in development.
The TN Eagle would be licensed for transport, starting with the Extended Optimized Storage (EOS) dry-shielded canister, which can hold 37 pressurized water reactor high-burnup fuel assemblies or 89 boiling water reactor fuel assemblies.
Per NRC practice, the application would first undergo an acceptance review to ensure Orano has submitted the necessary data, then a full technical review that would determine the decision on licensing. The outcome of the proceeding would be a certificate of compliance specifying what technology the cask can be paired with – in this case, the EOS canister. Future certificates of compliance would expand that – the Orano presentation specifically notes two other dry-shielded canisters.
