Year
2000
Abstract
U.S. equipment that can be used in military, commercial, and nuclear applications is subject to export regulation by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) under the Export Administration Act of 1979 (EAA). In supplying equipment to the international safeguards community, manufacturers must review the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to determine if the items can ship under license exception NLR (no license required), or if a validated export license must be obtained from DOC. If a validated export license is required, this often requires several months of lead-time before a piece of equipment can leave the U.S. However, if the equipment and the user qualify under the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) International Cooperative License (ICL), equipment being shipped into the FSU for the purpose of Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) can be approved for export within several weeks.