BIS Adding Tritium Production Targets, Related Technology to Export Administration Regulations

The Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to make targets made of or containing lithium "specially designed" for the production of tritium by insertion into a nuclear reactor, and related development and production technology, subject to the EAR, and is putting a licensing restriction on those items, BIS said (here). Commerce, concurring with the Defense, State and Energy departments, is issuing an interim final rule to add the items to the 0Y521 series, because those items provide a significant military or intelligence advantage to the U.S. or because foreign policy reasons justify the controls, Commerce said. License applications for the goods may be submitted through the Simplified Network Application Process Redesign. Commerce will accept comments until Oct. 7 on the interim rule, which takes effect Aug. 8.