NSG – Nuclear-related dual-use equipment, materials, software and related technology (Part 2)

INFCIRC/254/Rev.13/Part 2 · INFCIRC/254/Rev.13/Part 2

1. Industrial equipment
1.A. Equipment, assemblies and components
1.A.1. High-density (lead glass or other) radiation shielding windows, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed frames therefor:
1.A.4. Remote manipulators that can be used to provide remote actions in radiochemical separation operations or hot cells, having either of the following…
1.B. Test and production equipment
1.B.1. Flow-forming machines, spin-forming machines capable of flow-forming functions, and mandrels, as follows:
1.B.2. Machine tools, as follows, and any combination thereof, for removing or cutting metals, ceramics, or composites, which, according to the manufacturer’s…
1.B.3. Dimensional inspection machines, instruments, or systems, as follows:
1.B.4. Controlled atmosphere (vacuum or inert gas) induction furnaces, and power supplies therefor, as follows:
1.B.5. ‘Isostatic presses’, and related equipment, as follows:
1.B.6. Vibration test systems, equipment, and components as follows:
1.B.7. Vacuum or other controlled atmosphere metallurgical melting and casting furnaces and related equipment, as follows:
1.C. Materials
1.D. Software
1.D.1. “Software” specially designed or modified for the “use” of equipment specified in Item 1.A.3., 1.B.1., 1.B.3., 1.B.5., 1.B.6.a., 1.B.6.b., 1.B.6.d. or 1.B.7.
1.D.2. “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production”, or “use” of equipment specified in Item 1.B.2.
1.D.3. “Software” for any combination of electronic devices or system enabling such a device or such devices to function as a “numerical control” unit for machine…
1.E. Technology
1.E.1. “Technology” according to the Technology Controls for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, material or “software” specified in 1.A. through…
2. Materials
2.A. Equipment, assemblies and components
2.A.1. Crucibles made of materials resistant to liquid actinide metals, as follows:
2.A.2. Wet-proofed platinised catalysts specially designed or prepared for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the…
2.A.3. Composite structures in the form of thin-walled tubes having all of the following characteristics:
2.B. Test and production equipment
2.B.1. Tritium facilities or plants, and equipment therefor, as follows:
2.B.2. Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and systems and equipment therefor, as follows:
2.C. Materials
2.C.1. Aluminium alloys having both of the following characteristics:
2.C.2. Beryllium metal, alloys containing more than 50% beryllium by weight, beryllium compounds, manufactures thereof, and waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.
2.C.3. Bismuth having both of the following characteristics:
2.C.4. Boron enriched in the boron-10 (¹⁰B) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance, as follows: elemental boron, compounds, mixtures containing boron…
2.C.5. Calcium having both of the following characteristics:
2.C.6. Chlorine trifluoride (ClF₃).
2.C.7. “Fibrous or filamentary materials”, and prepregs, as follows:
2.C.8. Hafnium metal, alloys containing more than 60% hafnium by weight, hafnium compounds containing more than 60% hafnium by weight, manufactures thereof, and waste…
2.C.9. Lithium enriched in the lithium-6 (⁶Li) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance and products or devices containing enriched lithium, as follows…
2.C.10. Magnesium having both of the following characteristics:
2.C.11. Maraging steel ‘capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 1950 MPa or more at 293 K (20 °C).
2.C.12. Radium-226 (²²⁶Ra), radium-226 alloys, radium-226 compounds, mixtures containing radium-226, manufactures thereof, and products or devices containing any of…
2.C.13. Titanium alloys having both of the following characteristics:
2.C.14. Tungsten, tungsten carbide, and alloys containing more than 90% tungsten by weight, having both of the following characteristics:
2.C.15. Zirconium with a hafnium content of less than 1 part hafnium to 500 parts zirconium by weight, as follows: metal, alloys containing more than 50% zirconium by…
2.C.16. Nickel powder and porous nickel metal, as follows:
2.C.17. Tritium, tritium compounds, mixtures containing tritium in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 part in 1000, and products or devices…
2.C.18. Helium-3 (³He), mixtures containing helium-3, and products or devices containing any of the foregoing.
2.C.19. Radionuclides appropriate for making neutron sources based on alpha-n reaction:
2.C.20. Rhenium, and alloys containing 90% by weight or more rhenium; and alloys of rhenium and tungsten containing 90% by weight or more of any combination of rhenium…
2.D. Software
2.E. Technology
2.E.1. “Technology” according to the Technology Controls for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, material or “software” specified in 2.A. through…
3. Uranium isotope separation equipment and components
3.A. Equipment, assemblies and components
3.A.1. Frequency changers or generators, usable as a variable frequency or fixed frequency motor drive, having all of the following characteristics:
3.A.2. Lasers, laser amplifiers and oscillators as follows:
3.A.3. Valves having all of the following characteristics:
3.A.4. Superconducting solenoidal electromagnets having all of the following characteristics:
3.A.5. High-power direct current power supplies having both of the following characteristics:
3.A.6. High-voltage direct current power supplies having both of the following characteristics:
3.A.7. All types of pressure transducers capable of measuring absolute pressures and having all of the following characteristics:
3.A.8. Vacuum pumps having all of the following characteristics:
3.A.9. Bellows-sealed scroll-type compressors and bellows-sealed scroll-type vacuum pumps having all of the following characteristics:
3.B. Test and production equipment
3.B.1. Electrolytic cells for fluorine production with an output capacity greater than 250 g of fluorine per hour.
3.B.2. Rotor fabrication or assembly equipment, rotor straightening equipment, bellows-forming mandrels and dies, as follows:
3.B.3. Centrifugal multiplane balancing machines, fixed or portable, horizontal or vertical, as follows:
3.B.4. Filament winding machines and related equipment, as follows:
3.B.5. Electromagnetic isotope separators designed for, or equipped with, single or multiple ion sources capable of providing a total ion beam current of 50 mA or…
3.B.6. Mass spectrometers capable of measuring ions of 230 u or greater and having a resolution of better than 2 parts in 230, as follows, and ion sources therefor:
3.C. Materials
3.D. Software
3.D.1. “Software” specially designed for the “use” of equipment specified in Items 3.A.1., 3.B.3. or 3.B.4.
3.D.2. “Software” or encryption keys/codes specially designed to enhance or release the performance characteristics of equipment not controlled in Item 3.A.1. so that…
3.E. Technology
3.E.1. “Technology” according to the Technology Controls for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, material or “software” specified in 3.A. through…
4. Heavy water production plant related equipment
4.A. Equipment, assemblies and components
4.A.1. Specialised packings which may be used in separating heavy water from ordinary water, having both of the following characteristics:
4.A.2. Pumps capable of circulating solutions of concentrated or dilute potassium amide catalyst in liquid ammonia (KNH₂/NH₃), having all of the following…
4.A.3. Turboexpanders or turboexpander-compressor sets having both of the following characteristics:
4.B. Test and production equipment
4.B.1. [No longer used – since 23 June 2017]
4.B.2. Hydrogen-cryogenic distillation columns having all of the following characteristics:
4.B.3. [No longer used – since 14 June 2013]
4.C. Materials
4.D. Software
4.E. Technology
4.E.1. “Technology” according to the Technology Controls for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, material or “software” specified in 4.A. through…
5. Test and measurement equipment for the development of nuclear explosive devices
5.A. Equipment, assemblies and components
5.A.1. Photomultiplier tubes having both of the following characteristics:
5.B. Test and production equipment
5.B.1. Flash X-ray generators or pulsed electron accelerators having either of the following sets of characteristics:
5.B.2. High-velocity gun systems (propellant, gas, coil, electromagnetic, and electrothermal types, and other advanced systems) capable of accelerating projectiles to…
5.B.3. High-speed cameras and imaging devices and components therefor, as follows:
5.B.4. [No longer used – since 14 June 2013]
5.B.5. Specialised instrumentation for hydrodynamic experiments, as follows:
5.B.6. High-speed pulse generators, and pulse heads therefor, having both of the following characteristics:
5.B.7. High explosive containment vessels, chambers, containers and other similar containment devices designed for the testing of high explosives or explosive devices…
5.C. Materials
5.D. Software
5.D.1. “Software” or encryption keys/codes specially designed to enhance or release the performance characteristics of equipment not controlled in Item 5.B.3. so that…
5.D.2. “Software” or encryption keys/codes specially designed to enhance or release the performance characteristics of equipment controlled in Item 5.B.3.
5.E. Technology
5.E.1. “Technology” according to the Technology Controls for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, material or “software” specified in 5.A. through…
6. Components for nuclear explosive devices
6.A. Equipment, assemblies and components
6.A.1. Detonators and multipoint initiation systems, as follows:
6.A.2. Firing sets and equivalent high-current pulse generators, as follows:
6.A.3. Switching devices as follows:
6.A.4. Pulse discharge capacitors having either of the following sets of characteristics:
6.A.5. Neutron generator systems, including tubes, having both of the following characteristics:
6.A.6. Striplines to provide low inductance path to detonators with the following characteristics:
6.B. Test and production equipment
6.C. Materials
6.C.1. High explosive substances or mixtures, containing more than 2% by weight of any of the following:
6.D. Software
6.E. Technology
6.E.1. “Technology” according to the Technology Controls for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, material or “software” specified in 6.A. through…