Nuclear Non-proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations — B.2.2
iers, 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 average output power operating at wavelengths between 400 nm and 515 nm; (c) neodymium-doped (other than glass) lasers with an output wavelength of between 1 000 nm and 1 100 nm having either of the following characteristics: (1) pulse-excited and Q-switched with a pulse duration equal to or greater than 1 ns, and having either of the following characteristics: (i) single-transverse mode output having an average output power exceeding 40 W; or (ii) multiple-transverse mode output having an average output power exceeding 50 W; or (2) frequency doubling incorporated to give an output wavelength between 500 nm and 550 nm with an average output power of greater than 40 W; (d) tunable pulsed single-mode dye laser oscillators having all of the following characteristics: (1) operation at wavelengths of between 300 nm and 800 nm; (2) average output power greater than 1 W; (3) repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and (4) pulse width less than 100 ns; (e) tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators, except single mode oscillators, having all of the following characteristics: (1) operation at wavelengths of between 300 nm and 800 nm; (2) average output power greater than 30 W; (3) repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and (4) pulse width less than 100 ns; (f) alexandrite lasers having all of the following characteristics: (1) operation at wavelengths of between 720 nm and 800 nm; (2) average output power greater than 30 W; (3) repetition rate greater than 125 Hz; and (4) bandwidth of 0.005 nm or less; (g) pulsed carbon dioxide lasers having all of the following characteristics: (1) operation at wavelengths of between 9 000 nm and 11 000 nm; (2) average output power greater than 500 W; (3) repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; and (4) pulse width less than 200 ns; NOTE Paragraph B.2.2.6.(g) does not include the higher power (typically 1 kW to 5 kW) industrial CO 2 lasers used in applications such as cutting and welding, as those lasers are either continuous wave or are pulsed with a pulse width of more than 200 ns. (h) pulsed excimer lasers (XeF, XeCl, KrF) having all of the following characteristics: (1) operation at wavelengths of between 240 nm and 360 nm; (2) average output power greater than 500 W; and (3) repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; (i) para-hydrogen Raman shifters designed to operate at 16 µm output wavelength and at a repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; and (j) pulsed carbon monoxide lasers having all of the following characteristics: (1) operating at wavelengths between 5 000 nm and 6 000 nm; (2) an average output power greater than 200 W; (3) a repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; and (4) pulse width of less than 200 ns. B.2.2.7 Mass spectrometers capable of measuring ions of 230 atomic mass units or greater with a resolution of better than 2 parts in 230, and one of the following characteristics: (a) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP/MS); (b) glow discharge mass spectrometers (GDMS); (c) thermal ionization mass spectrometers (TIMS); (d) electron bombardment mass spectrometers having both of the following characteristics: (1) a molecular beam inlet system that injects a collimated beam of analyte molecules into a region of the ion source where the molecules are ionized by an electron beam; and (2) one or more cold traps that can be cooled to a temperature of 193 K (-80°C) or less in order to trap analyte molecules that are not ionized by the electron beam; and (e) mass spectrometers equipped with a microfluorination ion source designed for actinides or actinide fluorides. (f) [Repealed, SOR/2025-196, s. 59] B.2.2.8 All types of pressure transducers capable of measuring absolute pressure and having the following characteristics: (a) pressure sensing elements made of or protected by aluminium, aluminium all