BIS Makes Technical Corrections to Aug. 7 Nuclear Suppliers Group Rule

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security made technical corrections to recent Export Administration Regulations changes involving licensing requirements for nuclear products. The BIS Aug. 7 final rule eliminated license requirements for certain items controlled for nonproliferation reasons in order to comply with the outcomes of a number of Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary summits since 2005 (see 14080620). Among the technical corrections issued in this Sept. 5 final rule, BIS is incorporating controls that apply to certain radiation-hardened TV cameras and lenses into the EAR. Those controls were unintentionally omitted in the Aug. 7 rule. The Sept. 5 final rule is effective immediately.