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2A291 Category 2A

Equipment, except items controlled by 2A290, related to nuclear material handling and processing and to nuclear reactors, and “parts,” “components” and “accessories” therefor (see List of Items Controlled).

Category 2: Materials Processing

Reasons for control

Country chart

ControlColumn
AT applies to entire entryAT 1
NP applies to entire entryNP 2

List-based license exceptions

ExceptionAs stated in the entry
GBS N/A
LVS N/A

Items

  1. Items: a. Process control systems intended for use with nuclear reactors.
  2. b. Simulators “specially designed” for “nuclear reactors”.
  3. c. Casks that are “specially designed” for transportation of high-level radioactive material and that weigh more than 1,000 kg.
  4. d. Commodities, “parts,” “components” and “accessories” “specially designed” or prepared for use with nuclear plants (e.g., snubbers, airlocks, pumps, reactor fuel charging and discharging equipment, containment equipment such as hydrogen recombiner and penetration seals, and reactor and fuel inspection equipment, including ultrasonic or eddy current test equipment).
  5. e. Radiation detectors and monitors “specially designed” for detecting or measuring “special nuclear material” (as defined in 10 CFR part 110) or for nuclear reactors.

Related controls

(1) See ECCN 2D290 for software for items controlled under this entry. (2) See ECCNs 2E001 (“development”), 2E002 (“production”), and 2E290 (“use”) for technology for items controlled under this entry. (3) Also see ECCN 2A290. (4) Certain equipment “specially designed” or prepared for use in a nuclear reactor or in nuclear material handling is subject to the export licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (see 10 CFR part 110). (5) Nuclear radiation detection and measurement devices “specially designed” or modified for military purposes are “subject to the ITAR” (see 22 CFR parts 120 through 130).

Notes

Technical Notes: 1. 2A291.e does not control neutron flux detectors and monitors. These are subject to the export licens ing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, pursuant to 10 CFR part 110. 2. 2A291.e does not control general purpose radiation detection equipment, such as geiger counters and dosimeters. These items are controlled by ECCN 1A999.

Source: eCFR, version 2026-08-01, retrieved 2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.