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Nuclear Regulatory Commission § 110.23 Nuclear Regulatory Commission § 110.23 (f) Persons using the general licenses troleum exploration equipment in in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of quantities not to exceed 20 curies (6.16 this section as authority to export grams) per device or 200 curies (61.6 source material as incidental radio- grams) per year to any one country. active material shall file a completed (4) Neptunium±237 in individual ship- NRC Form 7 before the export takes ments of less than 1 gram, not to ex- place if the total weight of the ship- ceed 10 grams per year to any one ment exceeds 100 kilograms. country. [49 FR 47198, Dec. 3, 1984, as amended at 58 (5) Tritium in any dispersed form FR 13003, Mar. 9, 1993; 59 FR 48997, Sept. 26, (e.g., luminescent light sources and 1994; 60 FR 37563, July 21, 1995; 61 FR 35602, paint, accelerator targets, calibration July 8, 1996] standards, labeled compounds) in quan- tities of 10 curies (1.03 milligrams) or § 110.23 General license for the export less per item, not to exceed 1,000 curies of byproduct material. (103 milligrams) per shipment or 10,000 (a) Except as provided in paragraph curies (1.03 grams) per year to any one (d) of this section, a general license is country. This general license does not issued to any person to export the fol- authorize exports for tritium recovery lowing to any country not listed in or recycle purposes. § 110.28: (6) Tritium in luminescent safety de- (1) All byproduct material (see Ap- vices installed in aircraft when in pendix L to this part), except actin- quantities of 40 curies (4.12 milligrams) ium±225, actinium±227, americium±241, or less per light source. americium±242m, californium±248, cali- (b) Except as provided in paragraph fornium±249, californium±250, califor- nium±251, californium±252, curium±240, (d) of this section, a general license is curium±241, curium±242, curium±243, issued to any person to export to the curium±244, curium±245, curium±246, countries listed in § 110.30 tritium in curium±247, einsteinium±252, einstein- any dispersed form (e.g., luminescent ium±253, einsteinium±254, einsteinium± light sources and paint, accelerator 255, fermium±257, gadolinium±148, men- targets, calibration standards, labeled delevium±258, neptunium±237, polo- compounds) in quantities of 40 curies nium±208, polonium±209, polonium±210, (4.12 milligrams) or less per item, not radium±223, and tritium unless author- to exceed 1,000 curies (103 milligrams) ized in paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(6), per shipment or 10,000 curies (1.03 (b), or (c) of this section. grams) per year to any one country. (2) Actinium±225, actinium±227, cali- This general license does not authorize fornium±248, californium±250, califor- exports for tritium recovery or recy- nium±252, curium±240, curium±241, cu- cling purposes. rium±242, curium±243, curium±244, ein- (c) Except as provided in paragraph steinium±252, einsteinium±253, einstein- (d) of this section, a general license is ium±254, einsteinium±255, fermium±257, issued to any person to export to the gadolinium±148, mendelevium±258, po- countries listed in § 110.30 actinium-225, lonium±208, polonium±209, polonium± actinium-227, californium-248, califor- 210, and radium±223 when contained in nium-250, californium-252, curium-240, a device, or a source for use in a device, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, cu- in quantities of less than 100 rium-244, einsteinium-252, einsteinium- millicuries of alpha activity (see § 110.2 253, einsteinium-254, einsteinium-255, for specific activity) per device or fermium-257, gadolinium-148, mendele- source, except that exports of polo- vium-258, polonium-208, polonium-209, nium±210 when contained in static polonium-210, and radium-223, except eliminators may not exceed 100 curies that polonium-210 when contained in (22 grams) per individual shipment. static eliminators must not exceed 100 (3) Americium±241, except that ex- curies (22 grams) per individual ship- ports exceeding one curie (308 milli- ment. grams) per shipment or 100 curies (30.8 (d) Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this grams) per year to any country listed section do not authorize the export in § 110.29 must be contained in indus- under general license of byproduct ma- trial process control equipment or pe- terial in radioactive waste. 499 VerDate 20<JAN>98 11:29 Jan 25, 1998 Jkt 179033 PO 00000 Frm 00495 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\179033.TXT 179033-3 § 110.24 10 CFR Ch. I (1±1±98 Edition) (e) Persons using the general licenses steps necessary for the intended end in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this use of the product.) section as authority to export byprod- uct material as incidental radioactive [49 FR 47198, Dec. 3, 1984; 49 FR 49841, Dec. 24, 1984; 58 FR 13003, Mar. 9, 1993] material shall file a completed NRC Form 7 before the export takes place if § 110.26 General license for the export the total weight of the shipment ex- of nuclear reactor components. ceeds 100 kilograms. (a) A general license is issued to any [59 FR 48997, Sept. 26, 1994, as amended at 60 person to export to the following coun- FR 37564, July 21, 1995; 61 FR 35602, July 8, tries any nuclear reactor component 1996] described in paragraphs (5) through (9) § 110.24 General license for the export of appendix A to this part ifÐ of deuterium. (1) The component will be used in a light or heavy water-moderated power (a) A general license is issued to any or research reactor in those countries, person to export deuterium in individ- or ual shipments of 10 kilograms or less (50 kilograms of heavy water) to any (2) The component is in semi- country not listed in § 110.28 or § 110.29. fabricated form and will be undergoing No person may export more than 200 final fabrication or repair in those kilograms (1000 kilograms of heavy countries for subsequent return to the water) per year to any one country. United States for use in a nuclear (b) A general license is issued to any power or research reactor in the United person to export deuterium in individ- States: ual shipments of 1 kilogram or less (5 Austria Japan kilograms of heavy water) to any coun- Belgium Luxembourg try listed in § 110.29. No person may ex- Canada Netherlands port more than 5 kilograms (25 kilo- Denmark Philippines grams of heavy water) per year to any Finland Portugal one country. France Republic of Korea Spain Germany [49 FR 47198, Dec. 3, 1984, as amended at 58 Sweden Greece FR 13003, Mar. 9, 1993] Switzerland Indonesia Taiwan Ireland § 110.25 General license for the export United Kingdom of nuclear grade graphite. Italy (b) This general license does not au- (a) A general license is issued to any thorize the export of essentially com- person to export bulk nonfabricated plete reactors through piecemeal ex- nuclear grade graphite in individual ports of facility components. When in- shipments of 100 kilograms or less to dividual exports of components would any country not listed in § 110.28. No amount in the aggregate to export of person may export more than 2,000 an essentially complete nuclear reac- kilograms per year to any one country. tor, a facility export license is re- (b) Unless licensed by the Depart- quired. ment of Commerce, a general license is (c) Persons making exports under the issued to any person to export nuclear grade graphite in fabricated, non- general license established by para- nuclear-related commercial products graph (a) of this section shall submit to any country not listed in § 110.28, ex- by February 1 of each year one copy of cept that graphite electrodes weighing a report of all components shipped dur- more than 1 kilogram per electrode ing the previous calendar year. This re- may not be exported to any country port must include: listed in § 110.29 under this general li- (1) A description of the components cense. (Fabricated products are prod- keyed to the categories listed in appen- ucts in final manufactured form except dix A to this part. for detailed machining and other final (2) Approximate shipment dates. 500 VerDate 20<JAN>98 11:29 Jan 25, 1998 Jkt 179033 PO 00000 Frm 00496 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\179033.TXT 179033-3.
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