LIST OF ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2.a.(iv)
- (i) The manufacture of centrifuge rotor tubes or the assembly of gas centrifuges.
- Centrifuge rotor tubes means thin-walled cylinders as described in entry 5.1.1(b) of Annex II.
- Gas centrifuges means centrifuges as described in the Introductory Note to entry 5.1 of Annex II.
- (ii) The manufacture of diffusion barriers.
- Diffusion barriers means thin, porous filters as described in entry 5.3.1(a) of Annex II.
- (iii) The manufacture or assembly of laser-based systems.
- Laser-based systems means systems incorporating those items as described in entry 5.7 of Annex II.
- (iv) The manufacture or assembly of electromagnetic isotope separators.
- Electromagnetic isotope separators means those items referred to in entry 5.9.1 of Annex II containing ion sources as described in 5.9.1(a) of Annex II.
- (v) The manufacture or assembly of columns or extraction equipment.
- Columns or extraction equipment means those items as described in entries 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, 5.6.5, 5.6.6, 5.6.7 and 5.6.8 of Annex II.
- (vi) The manufacture of aerodynamic separation nozzles or vortex tubes.
- Aerodynamic separation nozzles or vortex tubes means separation nozzles and vortex tubes as described respectively in entries 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 of Annex II.
- (vii) The manufacture or assembly of uranium plasma generation systems.
- Uranium plasma generation systems means systems for the generation of uranium plasma as described in entry 5.8.3 of Annex II.
- (viii) The manufacture of zirconium tubes.
- Zirconium tubes means tubes as described in entry 1.6 of Annex II.
- (ix) The manufacture or upgrading of heavy water or deuterium.
- Heavy water or deuterium means deuterium, heavy water (deuterium oxide) and any other deuterium compound in which the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1:5000.
- (x) The manufacture of nuclear grade graphite.
- Nuclear grade graphite means graphite having a purity level better than 5 parts per million boron equivalent and with a density greater than 1.50 g/cm3 .
- (xi) The manufacture of flasks for irradiated fuel.
- A flask for irradiated fuel means a vessel for the transportation and/or storage of irradiated fuel which provides chemical, thermal and radiological protection, and dissipates decay heat during handling, transportation and storage.
- (xii) The manufacture of reactor control rods.
- Reactor control rods means rods as described in entry 1.4 of Annex II.
- (xiii) The manufacture of criticality safe tanks and vessels.
- Criticality safe tanks and vessels means those items as described in entries 3.2 and 3.4 of Annex II.
- (xiv) The manufacture of irradiated fuel element chopping machines.
- Irradiated fuel element chopping machines means equipment as described in entry 3.1 of Annex II.
- (xv) The construction of hot cells.
- Hot cells means a cell or interconnected cells totalling at least 6 m3 in volume with shielding equal to or greater than the equivalent of 0.5 m of concrete, with a density of 3.2 g/cm3 or greater, outfitted with equipment for remote operations.