It is each employee's responsibility to understand any export-control requirements related to his or her work, and to ensure that no exports are made contrary to any of these laws and regulations. As a national laboratory with a critical national security mission and increasing international collaborations, Lawrence Livermore must be a responsible exporter. It also means paying attention to and abiding by the export rules and regulations set forth by various agencies of the U.S. government, including the Departments of Commerce, State, Defense, and Energy as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Of particular concern to LLNL are export controls dealing with nuclear weapons design and production, special nuclear material production, and the sensitive technologies of the nuclear fuel cycle. A very important objective of export control is to help curtail the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Noncompliance can have serious consequences.
The Laboratory could lose current or future licensing privileges. Plus, stiff administrative and criminal penalties could be levied - both against LLNL and individual employees.