Nuclear Non-proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations — Nuclear Non-proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations
B.2.7. Other equipment B.2.7.1 Neutron generator systems, including tubes, having all of the following characteristics: (a) designed for operation without an external vacuum system; and (b) utilizing electrostatic acceleration to induce (1) a tritium-deuterium nuclear reaction; or (2) a deuterium-deuterium nuclear reaction capable of an output of 3 × 10 9 neutrons/s or greater. B.2.7.2 Equipment related to nuclear material handling and processing and to nuclear reactors, as follows: (a) remote manipulators that can be used to provide remote actions in radiochemical separation operations or hot cells, as follows: (1) having a capability of penetrating 0.6 m or more of hot cell wall (through-the-wall operation); or (2) having a capability of bridging over the top of a hot cell wall with a thickness of 0.6 m or more (over-the-wall operation); NOTE Remote manipulators provide translation of human operator actions to a remote operating arm and terminal fixture. They may be of a “master/slave” type or operated by joystick or keypad. (b) high-density (lead glass or other) radiation shielding windows greater than 0.09 m 2 on cold area and with a density greater than 3 g/cm 3 and a thickness of 100 mm or greater; and specially designed frames therefor; and (c) radiation-hardened TV cameras, or lenses therefor, specially designed or rated as radiation hardened to withstand greater than 5 x 10 4 Gy (Silicon) (5 x 10 6 rad (Silicon)) without operational degradation. B.2.7.3 Tritium facilities, plants and equipment, as follows: (a) facilities or plants for the production, recovery, extraction, concentration or handling of tritium, tritium compounds or mixtures containing tritium; and (b) equipment for those facilities or plants as follows: (1) hydrogen or helium refrigeration units capable of cooling to 23 K (-250°C) or less, with heat removal capacity greater than 150 W; and (2) hydrogen isotope storage or hydrogen isotope purification systems using metal hydrides as the storage or purification medium. B.2.7.4 Platinized catalysts specially designed or prepared for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for the production of heavy water. B.2.7.5 Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants and systems and equipment for that purpose, as follows: (a) facilities or plants for the separation of lithium isotopes; (b) equipment for the separation of lithium isotopes based on the lithium-mercury amalgam process, as follows: (1) packed liquid-liquid exchange columns specially designed for lithium amalgams; (2) mercury and lithium amalgam pumps; (3) lithium amalgam electrolysis cells; or (4) evaporators for concentrated lithium hydroxide solution; (c) ion exchange systems specially designed for lithium isotope separation and specially designed components for those systems; and (d) chemical exchange systems (employing crown ethers, cryptands or lariat ethers) specially designed for lithium isotope separation and specially designed components for those systems. B.2.7.6 Target assemblies and components for the production of tritium, as follows: (a) target assemblies, made of or containing lithium enriched in the lithium-6 isotope, specially designed for the production of tritium through irradiation, including insertion in a nuclear reactor; and (b) components specially designed for the target assemblies specified in paragraph (a). NOTE Components specially designed for target assemblies for the production of tritium may include lithium pellets, tritium getters and specially coated cladding.