ML19296E017
| ML19296E017 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/29/1980 |
| From: | Peterson M NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| To: | Harper R SELF-POWERED LIGHTING, LTD. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8003140061 | |
| Download: ML19296E017 (2) | |
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FEB 2 0 m Mr. Ronald G. Harper Vice-President Sales and Marketing Self-Powered Lighting, Ltd.
8 Westchester Plaza Elmsford, New York 10523
Dear Mr. Harper:
This letter is in reference to your Augist 6,1979 application for a license to export bulk gaseous tritium to the Dominican Republic and will confirm the understanding reached during your telephone conversation with Elaine Hemby of my staff.
Your application indicates that Self-Powered Lighting wants to establish a branch production facility in the Dominican Republic for the~ manufacture of gaseous tritium light sources and devices for subsequent shipment to firms in the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore for final assembly.
In addition, large tritium light sources, containing a maximum of 4.0 curies of tritium, would be shipped from your subsidiary to the U.S. for manufacture of aircraft safety signs and comercial exit signs. You request authority to export up to 800,000 curies of bulk tritium gas per year for five years (a total of 4 million curies).
As you are aware, in addition to many peaceful applications, tritium is also a substance of strategic significance in large quantities in bulk gaseous fonn.
Relatively few export licenses involving large quantities of bulk tritium gas have been issued, and these cases have been conditioned to require strict controls over the tritium gas at all times.
After con-sultation with Executive Branch agencies, we have concluded that we are unable to grant an export license at this time because your license request involves a substantial amount of bulk tritium gas.
My staff has advised me that you are considering submitting a revised application reflecting not only changed market conditions, but also a change in the form of the tritiu.n to be exported which would be of less concern to the U.S.
As Ms. Hemby mentioned, the U.S. Government applies less stringent requirements to export requests for tritium in dispersed form, either incorporated in light sources for the fabrication of electronic timepieces, or in light sources or compounds for other non-nuclear and non-military applications.
If you have questions in completing your new 6003140Q
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application, please contact our office.
Please be assured we will act promptly on your new application when it is received.
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Marvin R. Peterson, Acting Assistant Director Export / Import and Interi.ationa'.
Safeguards Office of International Programs
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