0E001 “Technology” according to the Nuclear Technology Note for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods specified in this Category.
Category 1—Materials, chemicals, microorganisms and toxins
1A Systems, Equipment and Components
1A001 Components made from fluorinated compounds, as follows:
a. Seals, gaskets, sealants or fuel bladders, specially designed for “aircraft” or aerospace use, made from more than 50% by weight of any of the materials specified by 1C009.b. or 1C009.c.;
1A002 “Composite” structures or laminates, as follows:
N.B.: SEE ALSO 1A202, 9A010 and 9A110
a. Made from any of the following:
1. An organic “matrix” and “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified by 1C010.c. or 1C010.d.; or
2. Prepregs or preforms specified by 1C010.e.;
b. Made from a metal or carbon “matrix”, and any of the following:
1. Carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” having all of the following:
a. A “specific modulus” exceeding 10.15 x 106 m; and
b. A “specific tensile strength” exceeding 17.7 x 104 m; or
2. Materials specified by 1C010.c.
Note 1: 1A002 does not apply to “composite” structures or laminates made from epoxy resin impregnated carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” for the repair of “civil aircraft” structures or laminates, having all of the following:
a. An area not exceeding 1 m2;
b. A length not exceeding 2.5 m; and
c. A width exceeding 15 mm.
Note 2: 1A002 does not apply to finished or semi‑finished items, specially designed for purely civilian applications as follows:
a. Sporting goods;
b. Automotive industry;
c. Machine tool industry;
d. Medical applications.
Note 3: 1A002.b.1. does not apply to finished or semi‑finished items containing a maximum of two dimensions of interwoven filaments and specially designed for applications as follows:
a. Metal heat‑treatment furnaces for tempering metals;
b. Silicon boule production equipment.
Note 4: 1A002 does not apply to finished items specially designed for a specific application.
1A003 Manufactures of non‑“fusible” aromatic polyimides in film, sheet, tape or ribbon form having any of the following:
a. A thickness exceeding 0.254 mm; or
b. Coated or laminated with carbon, graphite, metals or magnetic substances.
Note: 1A003 does not apply to manufactures when coated or laminated with copper and designed for the production of electronic printed circuit boards.
N.B.: For “fusible” aromatic polyimides in any form, see 1C008.a.3.
1A004 Protective and detection equipment and components, other than those specified in Munitions List, as follows:
N.B.: SEE ALSO 2B351 AND 2B352.
a. Full face masks, filter canisters and decontamination equipment therefor, designed or modified for defence against any of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
Note: 1A004.a. includes Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) that are designed or modified for defence against agents or materials, listed in 1A004.a.
1. For the purposes of 1A004.a., full face masks are also known as gas masks.
2. Filter canisters include filter cartridges.
2. ‘Radioactive materials’;
3. Chemical warfare (CW) agents; or
4. “Riot control agents”, including:
a. ‑Bromobenzeneacetonitrile, (Bromobenzyl cyanide) (CA) (CAS 5798‑79‑8);
b. [(2‑chlorophenyl) methylene] propanedinitrile, (o‑Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile) (CS) (CAS 2698‑41‑1);
c. 2‑Chloro‑1‑phenylethanone, Phenylacyl chloride (‑chloroacetophenone) (CN) (CAS 532‑27‑4);
d. Dibenz‑(b,f)‑1,4‑oxazephine (CR) (CAS 257‑07‑8);
e. 10‑Chloro‑5,10‑dihydrophenarsazine, (Phenarsazine chloride), (Adamsite), (DM) (CAS 578‑94‑9);
f. N‑Nonanoylmorpholine, (MPA) (CAS 5299‑64‑9);
b. Protective suits, gloves and shoes, specially designed or modified for defence against any of the following:
2. ‘Radioactive materials’; or
3. Chemical warfare (CW) agents;
c. Nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) detection systems, specially designed or modified for detection or identification of any of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
2. ‘Radioactive materials’; or
3. Chemical warfare (CW) agents;
d. Electronic equipment designed for automatically detecting or identifying the presence of “explosives” residues and utilising ‘trace detection’ techniques (e.g., surface acoustic wave, ion mobility spectrometry, differential mobility spectrometry, mass spectrometry).
‘Trace detection’ is defined as the capability to detect less than 1 ppm vapour, or 1 mg solid or liquid.
Note 1: 1A004.d. does not apply to equipment specially designed for laboratory use.
Note 2: 1A004.d. does not apply to non‑contact walk‑through security portals.
Note: 1A004 does not apply to:
a. Personal radiation monitoring dosimeters;
b. Occupational health or safety equipment limited by design or function to protect against hazards specific to residential safety or civil industries, including:
1. mining;
2. quarrying;
3. agriculture;
4. pharmaceutical;
5. medical;
6. veterinary;
7. environmental;
8. waste management;
9. food industry.
1. 1A004 includes equipment and components that have been identified, successfully tested to national standards or otherwise proven effective, for the detection of or defence against ‘radioactive materials’, “biological agents”, chemical warfare agents, ‘simulants’ or “riot control agents”, even if such equipment or components are used in civil industries such as mining, quarrying, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, medical, veterinary, environmental, waste management, or the food industry.
2. ‘Simulant’: A substance or material that is used in place of toxic agent (chemical or biological) in training, research, testing or evaluation.
3. For the purposes of 1A004., 'radioactive materials' are those selected or modified to increase their effectiveness in producing casualties in humans or animals, degrading equipment or damaging crops or the environment.
1A005 Body armour and components therefor, as follows:
a. Soft body armour not manufactured to military standards or specifications, or to their equivalents, and specially designed components therefor;
b. Hard body armour plates providing ballistic protection equal to or less than level IIIA (NIJ 0101.06, July 2008) or national equivalents.
N.B.1.: For “fibrous or filamentary materials” used in the manufacture of body armour, see 1C010.
N.B.2.: For body armour manufactured to military standards or specifications, see entry ML13.d.
Note 1: 1A005 does not apply to body armour or protective garments, when accompanying their user for the user’s own personal protection.
Note 2: 1A005 does not apply to body armour designed to provide frontal protection only from both fragment and blast from non‑military explosive devices.
Note 3: 1A005 does not apply to body armour designed to provide protection only from knife, spike, needle or blunt trauma.
1A006 Equipment, specially designed or modified for the disposal of improvised explosive devices, as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:
a. Remotely operated vehicles;
b. ‘Disruptors’.
‘Disruptors’ are devices specially designed for the purpose of preventing the operation of an explosive device by projecting a liquid, solid or frangible projectile.
N.B.: For equipment specially designed for military use for the disposal of improvised explosive devices, see also ML4.
Note: 1A006 does not apply to equipment when accompanying its operator.
1A007 Equipment and devices, specially designed to initiate charges and devices containing “energetic materials”, by electrical means, as follows:
N.B.: SEE ALSO MUNITIONS LIST, 3A229 AND 3A232.
a. Explosive detonator firing sets designed to drive explosive detonators specified by 1A007.b.;
b. Electrically driven explosive detonators as follows:
1. Exploding bridge (EB);
2. Exploding bridge wire (EBW);
3. Slapper;
4. Exploding foil initiators (EFI).
1. The word initiator or igniter is sometimes used in place of the word detonator.
2. For the purpose of 1A007.b. the detonators of concern all utilise a small electrical conductor (bridge, bridge wire, or foil) that explosively vaporises when a fast, high‑current electrical pulse is passed through it. In non‑slapper types, the exploding conductor starts a chemical detonation in a contacting high explosive material such as PETN (pentaerythritoltetranitrate). In slapper detonators, the explosive vaporisation of the electrical conductor drives a flyer or slapper across a gap, and the impact of the slapper on an explosive starts a chemical detonation. The slapper in some designs is driven by magnetic force. The term exploding foil detonator may refer to either an EB or a slapper‑type detonator.
1A008 Charges, devices and components, as follows:
a. ‘Shaped charges’ having all of the following:
1. Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ) greater than 90 g; and
2. Outer casing diameter equal to or greater than 75 mm;
b. Linear shaped cutting charges having all of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
1. An explosive load greater than 40 g/m; and
2. A width of 10 mm or more;
c. Detonating cord with explosive core load greater than 64 g/m;
d. Cutters, other than those specified by 1A008.b., and severing tools, having a Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ) greater than 3.5 kg.
‘Shaped charges’ are explosive charges shaped to focus the effects of the explosive blast.
1A102 Resaturated pyrolised carbon‑carbon components designed for space launch vehicles specified by 9A004 or sounding rockets specified by 9A104.
1A202 Composite structures, other than those specified by 1A002, in the form of tubes and having both of the following characteristics:
N.B.: SEE ALSO 9A010 AND 9A110.
a. An inside diameter of between 75 mm and 400 mm; and
b. Made with any of the “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified by 1C010.a. or b. or 1C210.a. or with carbon prepreg materials specified by 1C210.c.
1A225 Platinised catalysts specially designed or prepared for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for the production of heavy water.
1A226 Specialised packings which may be used in separating heavy water from ordinary water, having both of the following characteristics:
a. Made of phosphor bronze mesh chemically treated to improve wettability; and
b. Designed to be used in vacuum distillation towers.
1A227 High‑density (lead glass or other) radiation shielding windows, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed frames therefor:
a. A ‘cold area’ greater than 0.09 m2;
b. A density greater than 3 g/cm3; and
c. A thickness of 100 mm or greater.
In 1A227 the term ‘cold area’ means the viewing area of the window exposed to the lowest level of radiation in the design application.
1A228 Target assemblies and components for the production of tritium as follows:
a. Target assemblies made of or containing lithium enriched in the lithium‑6 isotope specially designed for the production of tritium through irradiation, including insertion in a nuclear reactor;
b. Components specially designed for the target assemblies specified by 1A228.a.
Components specially designed for target assemblies for the production of tritium may include lithium pellets, tritium getters, and specially‑coated cladding.