Category 0

Nuclear materials, nuclear-related other materials, equipment and technology

Note: Export of these items is regulated under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and rules framed, and notifications/orders issued thereunder from time-to-time by the Department of Atomic Energy. The licensing authority for items in this category is the Department of Atomic Energy. An application for licences to export prescribed equipment or/an prescribed substances shall be made in writing to the Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Anushakti Bhavan, CSM Marg, Mumbai 400 001.

0A

Prescribed Substances

Note: Any radioactive material in Category 0A shall additionally attract the provisions of Radiation Protection Rules, 2004 made under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the provisions of Section-16 of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962.

0A1

Source Material

0A101

Uranium containing the mixture of isotopes occurring in nature.

0A102

Uranium depleted in the isotope 235.

0A103

Thorium.

0A104

Any of the foregoing in the form of metal, alloy, chemical compound, or concentrate or any substance.

0A105

Any other material containing one or more of the foregoing.

Prescribed quantitative limits: as given below and in any period of 12 months:

a.

Uranium (containing the mixture of isotopes in nature) exceeding 100 kilograms.

b.

Depleted uranium (uranium depleted in the isotope 235 below that occurring in nature) exceeding 1000 kilograms.

c.

Thorium exceeding 1000 kilograms.

0A2

Special Fissionable Material

0A201

Plutonium-239.

0A202

Uranium-233.

0A203

Uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233.

0A204

Neptunium.

0A205

Any material containing one or more of the foregoing.

0A206

Such other fissionable material determined by the Central Government from time to time, but the term “special fissionable material” does not include source material.

Note: Any quantity of special fissionable material is prescribed substance.

0A3

Other Materials

‘Other Materials’ means non-nuclear materials for reactors, nuclear related dual-use materials indicated below and such materials as determined by the Central Government from time to time.

0A301

Deuterium, heavy water (deuterium oxide) and any other deuterium compound, in   which the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1:5000, in quantities exceeding 5 kilograms of deuterium in one consignment or 25 kilograms of deuterium in any period of 12 months.

0A302

Nuclear grade graphite / carbon, having a purity level better than 5 parts per million (ppm) boron equivalent and with a density greater than 1.5 gram/cc in quantities exceeding 30 metric tons in any period of 12 months.

0A303

Zirconium with hafnium content of less than 1 part to 500 parts of zirconium by weight (i.e. less than 2000 ppm) in the form of metal, its alloys, compounds, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.

0A304

Beryllium, its compounds, alloys and its minerals / concentrates including Beryl but excluding:

a.

beryllium windows used for x-ray machines and gamma ray detectors and

b.

beryl in the form of emeralds or aquamarines.

0A305

Lithium enriched in the Lithium-6 (6Li) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance (i.e. more than 7.5%) and the products or devices containing enriched lithium such as elemental lithium, alloys, compounds, mixtures containing lithium, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.

0A306

Niobium and Tantalum, their metals, alloys and minerals including columbite and tantalite.

0A307

Titanium alloys having both of the following characteristics:

a.

‘Capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 900 MPa or more at 293 K (200C); and

b.

 In the form of tubes or cylindrical solid forms (including forgings) with an outside diameter of more than 75 mm.

Technical note: The phrase ‘capable of’ encompasses titanium alloys before or after heat treatment.

0A308

Tritium, tritium compounds or mixtures containing tritium in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 part in 1000, except when utilized in such quantities and for such purposes as for organic labelled compounds, Gas Filled Light Sources and as Tritiated Water for radiotracer studies.

0A309

Hafnium:

Hafnium metal, alloys containing more than 60% hafnium by weight, hafnium compounds containing more than 60% hafnium by weight, manufactures thereof, and waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.

0A310

Radium-226:

Radium-226 (226Ra), radium-226 alloys, radium-226 compounds, mixtures containing radium-226, manufactures thereof, and products or devices containing any of the foregoing, except medical applicators and a product or device containing less than 0.37 GBq (10mCi) of Ra-226 in any form.

0A311

Boron:

Boron enriched in the Boron-10 (10B) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance as follows:

Elemental boron, compounds, mixtures containing boron, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.

0A312

Helium-3:

Helium-3 (3He), mixtures containing helium-3, and products or devices containing any of the foregoing.

Note: A product or device containing less than 1gm of Helium-3 is excluded.

0A313

Alpha–emitting radionuclides:

Alpha–emitting radionuclides having an alpha half-life of 10 days or greater but less than 200 years, in the following forms:

a.

Elemental;

b.

Compounds having a total alpha activity of 37 GBq per kg or greater;

c.

Mixtures having a total alpha activity of 37 GBq per kg or greater;

d.

Products or devices containing any of the foregoing.

Alpha emitters controlled by this item include:

0B

Prescribed Equipment

0B001

Nuclear Reactors; associated equipment, components, and systems specially designed, prepared, or adapted or used or intended to be used in such reactors as follows:

a.

Complete nuclear reactors

b.

Nuclear reactor vessels

c.

Nuclear reactor fuel charging and discharging machines

d.

Nuclear reactor control rods and equipment

e.

Nuclear reactor pressure tubes

f.

Zirconium tubes and assemblies of tubes in which hafnium to zirconium ratio is 1:500 or less

g.

Primary coolant pumps

h.

Nuclear reactor internals

i.

Heat exchangers (steam generators) for use in the primary coolant circuit of a nuclear reactor

j.

Neutron detection and measuring instruments for determining neutron flux levels within the core of a nuclear reactor

0B002

Plants for processing, production, concentration, conversion or recovery of Prescribed Substances (such as uranium, plutonium, thorium, deuterium, heavy water, tritium, lithium); associated equipment, components and systems specially designed, prepared or adapted or used or intended to be used in such plants including but not limited to:

a.

Plants for production or concentration of deuterium, heavy water-

1.

Water - Hydrogen Sulphide Exchange Towers

2.

Blowers and Compressors for hydrogen-sulphide gas circulation

3.

Ammonia-Hydrogen Exchange Towers greater than or equal to 35 m in height with diameters of 1.5 m to 2.5 m

4.

Tower Internals and Stage Pumps

5.

Ammonia Crackers with operating pressures greater than or equal to 3 MPa

6.

Infrared Absorption Analyzers capable of ‘on-line’ hydrogen/ deuterium ratio analysis

7.

Catalytic Burners for conversion of enriched deuterium gas into heavy water

8.

Complete heavy water upgrade systems or columns therefor

b.

Plants for the conversion of uranium

c.

Plants for the conversion of plutonium

d.

Tritium facilities or plants, and equipment therefor

e.

Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and equipment therefor

0B003

Plants for reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel and equipment, components and systems specially designed, prepared or adapted or used or intended to be used in such plants, including but not limited to:

a.

Irradiated fuel element chopping machines designed for remote operation

b.

Dissolvers capable of withstanding hot and highly corrosive liquid for dissolution of irradiated nuclear fuel and which can be remotely loaded and maintained

c.

Solvent extractors and solvent extraction equipment resistant to the corrosive effect of nitric acid

d.

Chemical holding or storage vessels resistant to the corrosive effect of nitric acid

e.

Industrial equipment including assemblies and components as follows:

1.

High density (lead glass or other) radiation shielding windows

2.

Radiation hardened TV cameras, or lenses therefor

3.

 ‘Robots’ or ‘end effectors’ specially designed for handling high explosives; and control units therefor

4.

Remote manipulators that can be used to provide remote actions in radiochemical separation operations or hot cells

0B004

Plants for treatment, handling, storage and transportation of radioactive wastes from nuclear reactors or from plants for processing Source Materials or Special Fissionable Materials or from nuclear reprocessing plants; irradiated nuclear fuel; Special Fissionable Materials, and equipment specially designed, prepared, adapted, or intended to be used therefor.

0B005

All systems, associated equipment, components for separation or enrichment of isotopes of uranium, plutonium, lithium or boron, other than analytical instruments, specially designed, prepared, adapted, used or intended to be used therefor as follows:

a.

Gas centrifuges and assemblies and components specially designed or prepared for use in gas Centrifuges

b.

Specially designed or prepared auxiliary systems, equipment and components for gas centrifuge enrichment plants

c.

Specially designed or prepared assemblies and components for use in gaseous diffusion enrichment

d.

Specially designed or prepared auxiliary systems, equipment and components for use in gaseous diffusion enrichment

e.

Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in aerodynamic enrichment plants

f.

Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in chemical exchange or ion exchange enrichment plants.

g.

Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in laser-based enrichment plants.

h.

Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in plasma separation enrichment plants.

i.

Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in electromagnetic enrichment plants.

0B006

Plants for the fabrication of nuclear reactor fuel elements, and equipment specially designed or prepared therefor including but not limited to:

a.

fully automatic pellet inspection stations specially designed or prepared for checking final dimensions and surface defects of the fuel pellets;

b.

automatic welding machines specially designed or prepared for welding end caps onto the fuel pins (or rods);

c.

automatic test and inspection stations specially designed or prepared for checking the integrity of completed fuel pins (or rods).

Item ‘c’ typically includes equipment for: 1) x-ray examination of pin (or rod) end cap welds, 2) helium leak detection from pressurized pins (or rods), and 3) gamma-ray scanning of the pins (or rods) to check for correct loading of the fuel pellets inside.

0B007

Plants or systems for production, handling, storage and transportation of Radioisotopes in quantities exceeding 100 Curies (3.7 X 10 12 Becquerel).

0B008

Neutron generators including neutron chain reacting assemblies and fusion assemblies of all kinds for producing fissile materials

0C

Technology:

Technology and software for the development, production or use of prescribed substances or prescribed equipment specified in 0A or 0B.