ML25329A335
| ML25329A335 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 11006647 |
| Issue date: | 11/19/2025 |
| From: | Andrea Ferkile NRC/OIP/ECNP |
| To: | Warden J US Dept of State, Bureau of International Security & Nonproliferation, US Dept of State, Office of Nuclear Energy Safety & Security Affairs |
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| Download: ML25329A335 (0) | |
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November 19, 2025 Mr. James Warden Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety & Security Affairs Bureau of International Security
& Nonproliferation U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW, Room 3320 HST Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Director Warden:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission received the enclosed export license application, XSOU8872, on August 26, 2025. Eckert and Ziegler Analytics is requesting to export a total quantity of 1.532 E-10 kilograms of Plutonium Nitrate (Pu-242) contained in one sealed glass vial. The sealed glass vial will be placed inside an Ortec Alpha Ensemble for calibration and once calibrated it will be used for alpha analysis environmental samples to measure the detected activity of Plutonium-239 in Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China.
Ordinarily, this export would be authorized under NRCs regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 110.22, General License for the export of source material. However, in August 2023, the NRC issued an Order Suspending General License Authority to Export Special Nuclear Material, Source Material, and Deuterium for Nuclear End Use to the People's Republic of China. Given the issuance of this order, exporters are no longer authorized to use the general license to export special nuclear material, source material, or deuterium for nuclear end use to the Peoples Republic of China and now must apply for a specific license in accordance with NRC regulations. We request views in accordance with established procedures and from the overall perspective of the Executive Branch, as to whether the export authorization requested meets the applicable criteria in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
J. Warden 2
If you have any questions please contact the Licensing Officer, Joanne Savoy at Joanne.Savoy@nrc.gov and forward your response to ecnp_ebresponse.resource@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, X
Andrea Ferkile Andrea Ferkile, Branch Chief Export Controls and Nonproliferation Branch Office of International Programs
Enclosures:
Export License Application No. XSOU8872 J. Warden, DOS J. Norles, DOE/NNSA A. Kessler, DTSA P. Megahan, DOS J. Semones, DHS/CBP S. Bragonje, DOC R. Bennett, DHS/CBP B. Zack, DOE/NNSA C. Fox, DOE/NNSA A. Lyman, DOE/NNSA H. Shirley, DOS J. Goodman, DOE/NNSA