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1B233
1B233 Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and systems and equipment therefor (see List of Items Controlled).
- Category
- Category 1—Special Materials and Related Equipment, Chemicals, “Microorganisms,” and “Toxins”
- Product group
- B. “Test”, “Inspection” and “Production Equipment”
Reason for Control
- NP
- AT
Official text
License Requirements
Reason for Control:
NP, AT
Control(s) Country Chart (See Supp. No. 1 to part 738)
- NP applies to 1B233.b NP Column 1
- AT applies to 1B233.b AT Column 1
List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740 for a description of all license exceptions)
LVS: N/A
GBS: N/A
List of Items Controlled
Related Controls: (1) See ECCN 1E001 (“development” and “production”) and ECCN 1E201 (“use”) for technology for items described in this entry. (2) Facilities and plants described in 1B233.a are subject to the export licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (see 10 CFR part 110). (3) Certain lithium isotope separation equipment and components for the plasma separation process (PSP) that are described in 1B233.b through .d are also directly applicable to uranium isotope separation and are subject to the export licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (see 10 CFR part 110).
Related Definitions: N/A
Items: a. Facilities or plants for the separation of lithium isotopes;
b. Equipment for the separation of lithium isotopes based on the lithium-mercury amalgam process, as follows:
b.1. Packed liquid-liquid exchange columns “specially designed” for lithium amalgams;
b.2. Mercury and/or lithium amalgam pumps;
b.3. Lithium amalgam electrolysis cells;
b.4. Evaporators for concentrated lithium hydroxide solution.
c. Ion exchange systems “specially designed” for lithium isotope separation, and “specially designed” component parts therefor;
d. Chemical exchange systems (employing crown ethers, cryptands, or lariat ethers) “specially designed” for lithium isotope separation, and “specially designed” component parts therefor.
ecfr-15cfr774-supp1-2026-08-28 · effective 2026-08-28
Issue date 2026-08-28. Amendment date 2026-08-28.
- eCFR Commerce Control List (15 CFR 774, Supplement No. 1)www.ecfr.gov
- eCFR versioner XML captured at ingestwww.ecfr.gov
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