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TMI BlogUpdation of SCOMET list [Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export & Import Items].X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s will be as follows: A. For SCOMET Category 0 and the entries there under, the following shall be substituted as follows: 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 there under 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 licence to export shall be made in writing to the Joint Secretary (I M), 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 materials specified above in 0A101, 0A102, or 0A103 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... terium compound, in which the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1:5000, a. for use in a nuclear reactor in quantities exceeding 5 kilograms of deuterium atoms in one consignment or 25 kilograms of deuterium atoms, for any one recipient country within a period of one calendar year; b. for use in a non-nuclear activity in quantities exceeding 200 kilograms of deuterium atoms, for any one recipient country within a period of one calendar year. 0A302 Nuclear grade graphite Nuclear grade graphite having a purity level better than 5 parts per million (ppm) boron equivalent and with a density greater than 1.5 gram/cc - a. for use in a nuclear reactor or any other nuclear activities in quantities exceeding 1 kilogram; b. for use in non-nuclear activities in quantities exceeding 30 metric tons for any one recipient country within a period of one calendar year. Note: The item 0A302 does not cover graphite powder. 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, alloys containing more than 50% zirconium by weight, compounds, manufactures thereof, waste or sc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ; c. Mixtures having a total activity of 37 GBq per kg or greater; d. Products or devices containing any of the foregoing. Radionuclides controlled by this item include: Actinium-225 Actinium-227 Californium-253 Curium-240 Curium-241 Curium-242 Curium-243 Curium 244 Einsteinium-253 Einsteinium 254 Gadolinium-148 Plutonium-236 Plutonium-238 Polonium-209 Polonium-210 Polonium-208 Radium-223 Thorium-228 Thorium-227 Uranium-230 230 Uranium-232 0B Prescribed Equipment 0B001 Nuclear Reactors; associated equipment, components, and systems especially designed, prepared, or adapted or used or intended to be used in such reactors including but not limited to:- a. Complete nuclear reactors b. Nuclear reactor vessels c. Nuclear reactor fuel charging and discharging machin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... onversion of enriched deuterium gas into heavy water 8. Complete heavy water upgrade systems or columns therefor 9. Ammonia synthesis converters or synthesis units for heavy water production utilizing the ammonia-hydrogen exchange process. b. Plants for the conversion of uranium 1. Systems for the conversion of uranium ore concentrates to UO3; 2. Systems for the conversion of UO3 to UF6; 3. Systems for the conversion of UO3 to UO2; 4. Systems for the conversion of UO2 to UF4; 5. Systems for the conversion of UF4 to UF6; 6. Systems for the conversion of UF4 to uranium metal; 7. Systems for the conversion of UF6 to UO2; 8. Systems for the conversion of UF6 to UF4; 9. Systems for the conversion of UO2 to UCl4. c. Plants for the conversion of plutonium 1. systems for the conversion of plutonium nitrate to oxide 2. systems for plutonium metal production d. Tritium facilities or plants for the production, recovery, extraction, concentration or handling of tritium and equipment therefor including hydrogen or helium refrigeration units; and hydrogen isotope storage or purification systems using metal hydrides as the storage or purification me ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... prepared, adapted, or intended to be used therefor. 0B005 All systems, associated equipment, components for separation or enrichment of isotopes of uranium, plutonium, lithium, boron or other elements, other than analytical instruments, especially designed, prepared, adapted, used or intended to be used therefor as follows: a. Gas centrifuges and assemblies and components especially designed or prepared for use in gas Centrifuges 1. Gas centrifuges; 2. Complete rotor assemblies; Thin-walled cylinders, or a number of interconnected thin-walled cylinders, manufactured from one or more of the high strength-to-density ratio materials described in the Note-1 in 0B005.a. If interconnected, the cylinders are joined together by flexible bellows or rings as described in 0B005.a.4. The rotor is fitted with an internal baffle(s) and end caps, as described in 0B005.a.5 and 0B005.a.6. 3. Rotor tube cylinders: Especially designed or prepared thin-walled cylinders with thickness of 12 mm or less, a diameter of between 75 mm and 650 mm, and manufactured from one or more of high strength-to-density ratio materials described in the Note-1 in 0B005.a; 4. Rings or bellows: Ri ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... are high vacuum pumps consisting of especially designed or prepared cylinders having internally machined or extruded helical grooves and internally machined bores. Typical dimensions are as follows: 75 mm to 650 mm internal diameter, 10 mm or more wall thickness, with the length equal to or greater than the diameter. The grooves are typically rectangular in cross-section and 2 mm or more in depth. 10. Ring-shaped motor stators: Especially designed or prepared ring-shaped stators for high speed multiphase AC hysteresis (or reluctance) motors for synchronous operation within a vacuum at a frequency of 600 Hz or greater and a power of 40 VA or greater. The stators may consist of multi-phase windings on a laminated low loss iron core comprised of thin layers typically 2.0 mm thick or less. 11. Centrifuge housing/recipients to contain the rotor tube assembly of a gas centrifuge consisting of rigid cylinder of wall thickness up to 30 mm with precision machined ends that are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the cylinder's longitudinal axis to within 0,05 degrees or less. 12. Scoops consisting of tubes for the extraction of UF6 gas from within the rotor tube by a P ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... or use in aerodynamic enrichment plants: 1. Especially designed or prepared separation nozzles and assemblies thereof. The separation nozzles consist of slit-shaped, curved channels having a radius of curvature less than 1 mm, made of materials resistant to corrosion by UF6 described in the Note-3 in 0B005 and having a knife-edge within the nozzle that separates the gas flowing through the nozzle into two fractions; 2. Especially designed or prepared vortex tubes and assemblies thereof. The vortex tubes are cylindrical or tapered, made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by UF6 described in the Note-3 in 0B005 and with one or more tangential inlets. The tubes may be equipped with nozzle type appendages at either or both ends; 3. Especially designed or prepared compressors or gas-blowers made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by the UF6 (see the Note-3 in 0B005) / carrier gas (hydrogen or helium) mixture; 4. Especially designed or prepared separation element housings made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by UF6 described in the Note-3 in 0B005, for containing vortex tubes or separation nozzles; 5. Especially designe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and other composite structures in any suitable form including particles or fibres chemically resistant to concentrated hydrochloric acid solutions. 7. Ion exchange columns (Ion exchange): Cylindrical columns for containing and supporting packed beds of ion exchange resin/adsorbent and made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by concentrated hydrochloric acid solutions. 8. Ion exchange reflux systems (Ion exchange): Chemical or electrochemical oxidation or reduction systems for regeneration of the chemical oxidizing or reducing agent(s) used in ion exchange enrichment cascades. g . Especially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in laser-based enrichment plants. 1. Uranium vaporization systems (atomic vapour based methods) 2. Liquid or vapour uranium metal handling systems and components (atomic vapour based methods) 3. Uranium metal product and tails collector assemblies (atomic vapour based methods) 4. Separator module housings (atomic vapour based methods) 5. Supersonic expansion nozzles (molecular based methods) 6. Product or tails collectors (molecular based methods) 7. UF6/carrier gas compr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ct and tails withdrawal systems such as feed autoclaves, ovens, or systems, desublimers, cold traps or pumps, solidification or liquefaction stations, product or tails stations used for handling UF 6 ; 2. Special shut-off valves, control valves, bellow sealed valves, manual or automated, shut-off or control, made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by UF6; 3. UF 6 mass spectrometers / ion sources capable of taking on-line samples from UF6 gas stream; ; 4. Rotary shaft seals for compressors or blowers; 5. Heat exchangers made of or protected by materials resistant to corrosion by UF 6 ; 6. Vacuum systems including vacuum manifolds, vacuum headers and vacuum pumps made of, or protected by, materials resistant to corrosion by UF 6 . Notes to 0B005: 1: Controls under 0B005 also apply to the plants and equipment that are intended for isotope separation of other elements. 2: Other elements means all elements other than hydrogen, uranium and plutonium. 3: Materials resistant to corrosion by UF6 include copper, copper alloys, stainless steel, aluminium, aluminium oxide, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloys containing 60% or more nickel and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... luding forgings) with an outside diameter of more than 75 mm. Technical note: The phrase capable of encompasses titanium alloys before or after heat treatment 3A119 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 and tungsten, have both of the following characteristics: a. In forms with a hollow cylindrical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter between 100 and 300 mm; and b. A mass greater than 20kg 3A120 Technology and Software Technology and software for the development, production or use of items specified in 3A1 or 3A4 F. For SCOMET 3A401, the following shall be substituted 3A401 High explosive substances or mixtures, containing more than 2 % by weight of any of the following: a. Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX ) (CAS 2691-41-0); b. Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) (CAS 121-82-4); c. Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) (CAS 3058-38-6); d. Aminodinitrobenzo-furoxan or 7-amino-4,6 nitrobenzofurazane-1-oxide (ADNBF) (CAS 97096-78-1); e. 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylen ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ining diameters greater than 35 mm; Note: Item 4A002.a. does not control bar machines (Swissturn), limited to machining only bar feed thru, if maximum bar diameter is equal to or less than 42 mm and there is no capability of mounting chucks. Machines may have drilling and/or milling capabilities for machining parts with diameters less than 42 mm. b. Machine tools for milling, having any of the following characteristics: 1. Positioning accuracies with all compensations available better (less) than 6 m according to ISO 230/2 (1988) along any linear axis (overall positioning); 2. Two or more contouring rotary axes; or 3. Five or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control . Note: Item 4A002.b. does not control milling machines having both of the following characteristics: 1. X-axis travel greater than 2 m; and 2. Overall positioning accuracy on the x-axis worse (more) than 30 m according to ISO 230/2 (1988). c. Machine tools for grinding, having any of the following characteristics: 1. Positioning accuracies with all compensations available better (less) than 4 m according to ISO 230/2 (1988) along any linear axis (o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e with International Standard ISO 841, Numerical Control Machines - Axis and Motion Nomenclature . 2. Not counted in the total number of contouring axes are secondary parallel contouring axes (e.g., the w-axis on horizontal boring mills or a secondary rotary axis the centerline of which is parallel to the primary rotary axis). 3. Rotary axes do not necessarily have to rotate over 360 degrees. A rotary axis can be driven by a linear device, e.g., a screw or a rack-and-pinion. 4. For the purposes of 4A002. the number of axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control is the number of axes along or around which, during processing of the workpiece, simultaneous and interrelated motions are performed between the workpiece and a tool. This does not include any additional axes along or around which other relative motions within the machine are performed, such as: a. Wheel-dressing systems in grinding machines; b. Parallel rotary axes designed for mounting of separate workpieces; c. Co-linear rotary axes designed for manipulating the same workpiece by holding it in a chuck from different ends. 5. A machine tool having at least 2 of the 3 turning, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... er; and b. Maintain for at least 12 hours, over a temperature range of 1 K around a standard temperature and a standard pressure: 1. A resolution over their full scale of 0.1 m or better; and 2. With a measurement uncertainty equal to or better (less) than (0.2 + L/2000) m (L is the measured length in millimeters); Note : Item 1.B.3.b.3. does not control measuring interferometer systems, without closed or open loop feedback, containing a laser to measure slide movement errors of machine tools, dimensional inspection machines, or similar equipment. Technical Note : In Item 1.B.3.b. linear displacement means the change of distance between the measuring probe and the measured object. c. Angular displacement measuring instruments having an angular position deviation equal to or better (less) than 0.00025 ; Note: Item 1.B.3.c. does not control optical instruments, such as autocollimators, using collimated light (e.g., laser light) to detect angular displacement of a mirror. d. Systems for simultaneous linear-angular inspection of hemishells, having both of the following characteristics: 1. Measurement uncertainty along any linear axis equal t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... re table ; b. Digital control units, combined with software specially designed for vibration testing, with a real-time bandwidth greater than 5 kHz and being designed for a system specified in Item 4A006.a.; c. Vibration thrusters (shaker units), with or without associated amplifiers, capable of imparting a force of 50 kN or greater measured bare table , which are usable for the systems specified in Item 4A006.a.; d. Test piece support structures and electronic units designed to combine multiple shaker units into a complete shaker system capable of providing an effective combined force of 50 kN or greater, measured bare table, which are usable for the systems specified in Item 4A006.a.. Technical Note : In Item 4A006 bare table means a flat table, or surface, with no fixtures or fittings. 4A007 Vacuum or other controlled atmosphere metallurgical melting and casting furnaces and related equipment, as follows: a. Arc re-melt and casting furnaces having both of the following characteristics: 1. Consumable electrode capacities between 1000 and 20000 cm 3 ; and 2. Capable of operating with melting temperatures above 1973 K (1700 C); b. Electron b ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rescribe Equipment (0B) N.B.2 : Software specially designed to enhance or release the performance of frequency changers or generators to meet the characteristics below is controlled (see Item 4C). a. Multiphase output providing a power of 40 VA or greater; b. Operating at a frequency of 600 Hz or more; and c. Frequency control better (less) than 0.2%. Notes: 1 . Item 4A011 only controls frequency changers intended for specific industrial machinery and/or consumer goods (machine tools, vehicles, etc.) if the frequency changers can meet the characteristics above when removed, 2. For the purpose of export control, the Government will determine whether or not a particular frequency changer meets the characteristics above, taking into account hardware and software constraints. Technical Notes: 1. Frequency changers in Item 4A011. are also known as converters or inverters. 2. The characteristics specified in item 4A011 may be met by certain equipment marketed such as: Generators, Electronic Test Equipment, AC Power Supplies, Variable Speed Motor Drives, Variable Speed Drives (VSDs), Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), Adjustable Frequency Drives (AFDs), or Ad ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... are either continuous wave or are pulsed with a pulse width greater than 200 ns. h. Pulsed excimer lasers (XeF, XeCl, KrF) having all of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 240 and 360 nm; 2. A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; and 3. An average output power greater than 500 W; i. Para-hydrogen Raman shifters designed to operate at 16 m output wavelength and at a repetition rate greater than 250 Hz. j. Pulsed carbon monoxide lasers having all of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 5000 and 6000 nm; 2. A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; 3. An average output power greater than 200 W; and 4. Pulse width of less than 200 ns. Note: Item 4A012.j. does not control the higher power (typically 1 to 5 kW) industrial CO lasers used in applications such as cutting and welding, as these latter lasers are either continuous wave or are pulsed with a pulse width greater than 200 ns. 4A013 Valves having all of the following characteristics: a. A nominal size of 5 mm or greater; b. Having a bellows seal; and c. Wholly made of or lined with aluminium, aluminium alloy, nickel, or ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... scale of 13 kPa or greater and an accuracy of better than 130 Pa when measuring at 13 kPa. Technical Notes: 1. In Item 4A017. pressure transducers are devices that convert pressure measurements into a signal. 2. In Item 4A017. accuracy includes nonlinearity, hysteresis and repeatability at ambient temperature. 4A018 Vacuum pumps having all of the following characteristics: a. Input throat size equal to or greater than 380 mm; b. Pumping speed equal to or greater than 15 m3/s; and c. Capable of producing an ultimate vacuum better than 13.3 mPa. Technical Notes: 1. The pumping speed is determined at the measurement point with nitrogen gas or air. 2. The ultimate vacuum is determined at the input of the pump with the input of the pump blocked off. 4A019 Electrolytic cells for fluorine production with an output capacity greater than 250 g of fluorine per hour. 4A020 Rotor fabrication or assembly equipment, rotor straightening equipment, bellows-forming mandrels and dies, as follows: a. Rotor assembly equipment for assembly of gas centrifuge rotor tube sections, baffles, and end caps; Note: Item 4A020a includes precision mandrel ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d for, or equipped with, single or multiple ion sources capable of providing a total ion beam current of 50 mA or greater. Notes: 1. Item 4A023 includes separators capable of enriching stable isotopes as well as those for uranium. (A separator capable of separating the isotopes of lead with a one-mass unit difference is inherently capable of enriching the isotopes of uranium with a three-unit mass difference.) 2. Item 4A023 includes separators with the ion sources and collectors both in the magnetic field and those configurations in which they are external to the field. Technical Note: A single 50 mA ion source cannot produce more than 3 g of separated highly enriched uranium (HEU) per year from natural abundance feed. 4A024 Mass spectrometers capable of measuring ions of 230 atomic mass units or greater and having a resolution of better than 2 parts in 230, as follows, and ion sources therefor: N.B .: Mass spectrometers specially designed or prepared for analysing on-line samples of uranium hexafluoride are controlled under Prescribed Equipment (0B Category). a. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP/MS); b. Glow discharge mass spectromete ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r, see Prescribed Equipment (0B002). a. Water-hydrogen sulphide exchange tray columns, having all of the following characteristics: 1. Can operate at pressures of 2 MPa or greater; 2. Constructed of carbon steel having an austenitic ASTM (or equivalent standard) grain size number of 5 or greater; and 3. With a diameter of 1.8 m or greater; b. Internal contactors for the water-hydrogen sulphide exchange tray columns specified in Item 4A028a. Technical Note: Internal contactors of the columns are segmented trays which have an effective assembled diameter of 1.8 m or greater; are designed to facilitate counter current contacting and are constructed of stainless steels with a carbon content of 0.03% or less. These may be sieve trays, valve trays, bubble cap trays or turbo grid trays. 4A029 Hydrogen-cryogenic distillation columns having all of the following characteristics: a. Designed for operation at internal temperatures of 35 K (-238 C) or less; b. Designed for operation at internal pressures of 0.5 to 5 MPa; c. Constructed of either: 1. Stainless steel of the 300 series with low sulfur content and with an austenitic ASTM (or equivalent standar ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 3. A thickness of 100 mm or greater. Technical Note: In Item 4A031.a.1. the term cold area means the viewing area of the window exposed to the lowest level of radiation in the design application. b. Radiation-hardened TV cameras, or lenses therefor, specially designed or rated as radiation hardened to withstand a total radiation dose greater than 5 x 104 Gy (silicon) without operational degradation. Technical Note : The term Gy (silicon) refers to the energy in Joules per kilogram absorbed by an unshielded silicon sample when exposed to ionizing radiation. c. Robots , end-effectors and control units as follows: 1. Robots or end-effectors having either of the following characteristics: (a) Specially designed to comply with national safety standards applicable to handling high explosives (for example, meeting electrical code ratings for high explosives); or (b) Specially designed or rated as radiation hardened to withstand a total radiation dose greater than 5 x 104 Gy (silicon) without operational degradation; 2. Control units specially designed for any of the robots or endeffectors specified in Item 4A031.c.1. Note: Item 1.A.3. does not ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f motions and the selection of paths or angles are variable within the fixed program pattern. Variations or modifications of the program pattern (e.g., changes of pins or exchanges of cams) in one or more motion axes are accomplished only through mechanical operations; (d) Non-servo-controlled variable sequence manipulation mechanisms which are automated moving devices, operating according to mechanically fixed programmed motions. The program is variable but the sequence proceeds only by the binary signal from mechanically fixed electrical binary devices or adjustable stops; (e) Stacker cranes defined as Cartesian coordinate manipulator systems manufactured as an integral part of a vertical array of storage bins and designed to access the contents of those bins for storage or retrieval. 2. End-effectors In Item 4A031.c. end-effectors are grippers, active tooling units , and any other tooling that is attached to the baseplate on the end of a robot manipulator arm. N.B.: In the above definition active tooling units is a device for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to the workpiece. d. Remote manipulators that can be used to provide ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... beam current is the average current in the time duration of a bunched beam packet. 4B003 High-velocity gun systems (propellant, gas, coil, electromagnetic, and electrothermal types, and other advanced systems) capable of accelerating projectiles to 1.5 km/s or greater. Note: This item does not control guns specially designed for high velocity weapon systems. 4B004 High-speed cameras and imaging devices and components therefor, as follows: N.B .: Software specially designed to enhance or release the performance of cameras or imaging devices to meet the characteristics below is controlled (See Item 4C). a. Streak cameras, and specially designed components therefor, as follows: 1. Streak cameras with writing speeds greater than 0.5 mm/ s; 2. Electronic streak cameras capable of 50 ns or less time resolution; 3. Streak tubes for cameras specified in 4B004.a.2.; 4. Plug-ins specially designed for use with streak cameras which have modular structures and that enable the performance specifications in 4B004.a.1 or 4B004.a.2.; 5. Synchronizing electronics units, rotor assemblies consisting of turbines, mirrors and bearings specially designed for ca ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... manganin, ytterbium, and polyvinylidene bifluoride (PVBF, PVF 2 ); c. Quartz pressure transducers for pressures greater than 10 GPa. Note : Item 4B006.a. includes velocity interferometers such as VISARs (Velocity Interferometer Systems for Any Reflector), DLIs (Doppler Laser Interferometers) and PDV (Photonic Doppler Velocimeters) also known as Het-V (Heterodyne Velocimeters). 4B007 High-speed pulse generators, and pulse heads therefor, having both of the following characteristics: a. Output voltage greater than 6 V into a resistive load of less than 55 ohms; and b. Pulse transition time less than 500 ps. Technical Notes: 1. In Item 4B007.b. pulse transition time is defined as the time interval between 10% and 90% voltage amplitude. 2. Pulse heads are impulse forming networks designed to accept a voltage step function and shape it into a variety of pulse forms that can include rectangular, triangular, step, impulse, exponential, or monocycle types. Pulse heads can be an integral part of the pulse generator, they can be a plug-in module to the device or they can be an externally connected device. 4B008 Detonators and multipoint initiat ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nF. Note: Optically driven firing sets include both those employing laser initiation and laser charging. Explosively-driven firing sets include both explosive ferroelectric and explosive ferromagnetic firing set types. Item 4B009.b. includes xenon flashlamp drivers. 4B010 Switching devices as follows: a. Cold-cathode tubes, whether gas filled or not, operating similarly to a spark gap, having all of the following characteristics: 1. Containing three or more electrodes; 2. Anode peak voltage rating of 2.5 kV or more; 3. Anode peak current rating of 100 A or more; and 4. Anode delay time of 10 s or less; Note: Item 4B010.a. includes gas krytron tubes and vacuum sprytron tubes. b. Triggered spark-gaps having both of the following characteristics: 1. Anode delay time of 15 s or less; and 2. Rated for a peak current of 500 A or more; c. Modules or assemblies with a fast switching function having all of the following characteristics: 1. Anode peak voltage rating greater than 2 kV; 2. Anode peak current rating of 500 A or more; and 3. Turn-on time of 1 s or less. 4B011 Pulse discharge capacitors having either of the following se ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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