Nuclear Non-proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations — B.2.2
B.2.2 Uranium isotope separation equipment and components (other than items listed in paragraph A.2.4.) B.2.2.1 Electrolytic cells for fluorine production with a production capacity greater than 250 g of fluorine per hour. B.2.2.2 Rotor fabrication and assembly equipment and bellows-forming mandrels and dies, as follows: (a) rotor assembly equipment for assembly of gas centrifuge rotor tube sections, baffles, and end caps. Such equipment includes precision mandrels, clamps, and shrink fit machines; (b) rotor straightening equipment for alignment of gas centrifuge rotor tube sections to a common axis; and (c) bellows-forming mandrels and dies for producing single-convolution bellows (bellows made of high-strength aluminium alloys, maraging steel, or high-strength filamentary materials). The bellows have all of the following dimensions: (1) 75 mm to 650 mm inside diameter; (2) 12.7 mm or more in length; (3) single convolution depth of more than 2 mm. B.2.2.3 Centrifugal multiplane balancing machines, fixed or portable, horizontal or vertical, as follows: (a) centrifugal balancing machines designed for balancing flexible rotors having a length of 600 mm or more and having all of the following characteristics: (1) a swing or journal diameter of 75 mm or more; (2) mass capability of from 0.9 kg to 23 kg (2 lbs. to 50 lbs.); and (3) capable of balancing speed of revolution of more than 5 000 rpm; and (b) centrifugal balancing machines designed for balancing hollow cylindrical rotor components and having all of the following characteristics: (1) a journal diameter of 75 mm or more; (2) mass capability of from 0.9 kg to 23 kg (2 lbs. to 50 lbs.); (3) capable of balancing to a residual imbalance of 0.010 kg mm/kg per plane or better; and (4) belt drive type; and specially designed software therefor. B.2.2.4 Filament winding machines and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed software for those machines and related equipment: (a) filament-winding machines having all of the following characteristics: (1) motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres coordinated and programmed in two or more axes; (2) specially designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous or filamentary materials; and (3) capable of winding cylindrical tubes with an internal diameter between 75 mm and 650 mm and lengths of 300 mm or greater; (b) coordinating and programming controls for the filament-winding machines specified in paragraph (a); (c) precision mandrels for the filament-winding machines specified in paragraph (a); and (d) specially designed software for the filament-winding machines specified in paragraph (a). B.2.2.5 Frequency changers (also known as converters or inverters) or generators usable as a variable frequency or fixed frequency motor drive, and related software: (a) frequency changers or generators having all of the following characteristics; (1) multiphase output capable of providing a power of 40 VA or greater; (2) operating at a frequency of 600 Hz or greater; (3) frequency control better (less) than 0.2%; and (b) software, as the case may be (1) specially designed for the use of equipment specified in paragraphs (a)(1) to (3); (2) having encryption keys or codes specially designed to enhance or release the performance characteristics of equipment not included in paragraphs (a)(1) to (3) so that it meets or exceeds the characteristics specified in those paragraphs; or (3) specially designed to enhance or release the performance characteristics of the equipment. NOTE Paragraph B.2.2.5 includes frequency changers intended for specific industrial machinery or consumer goods (machine tools, vehicles, etc.) if the frequency changers can meet the characteristics above when removed. B.2.2.6 Lasers, laser amplifiers, and oscillators as follows: (a) copper vapour lasers with 30 W or greater average output power operating at wavelengths between 500 nm and 600 nm; (b) argon ion lasers with greater than 40 W ave