ANNEXES

ANNEX IVU.K. LIST OF GOODS AND PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 9 ON THE NUCLEAR COMMON MARKET

List A2 U.K.

Deuterium and its compounds (including heavy water) in which the ratio of the number of deuterium atoms to normal hydrogen atoms exceeds 1:5 000.

Heavy paraffin in which the ratio of the number of deuterium atoms to normal hydrogen atoms exceeds 1:5 000.

Mixtures and solutions in which the ratio of the number of deuterium atoms to normal hydrogen atoms exceeds 1:5 000.

Nuclear reactors.

Equipment for the separation of uranium isotopes by gaseous diffusion or other methods.

Equipment for the production of deuterium, its compounds (including heavy water) and derivatives, and mixtures or solutions containing deuterium in which the ratio of the number of deuterium atoms to normal hydrogen atoms exceeds 1:5 000:

  • equipment operating by the electrolysis of water,

  • equipment operating by the distillation of water, liquid hydrogen, etc.,

  • equipment operating by isotope exchange between hydrogen sulphide and water by means of a change of temperature,

  • equipment operating by other techniques.

Equipment specially designed for the chemical processing of radioactive material:

  • equipment for the separation of irradiated fuel:

    • by chemical processes (solvents, precipitation, ion exchange, etc.),

    • by physical processes (fractional distillation, etc.),

  • waste-processing equipment,

  • fuel-recycling equipment.

Vehicles specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive substances:

  • railway and tramway goods vans, goods wagons and trucks for tracks of any gauge,

  • motor lorries,

  • motorised works trucks for the handling of goods,

  • trailers and semi-trailers and other non-motorised vehicles.

Containers with lead radiation shielding for the transport or storage of radioactive material.

Artificial radioactive isotopes and their inorganic or organic compounds.

Remote-controlled mechanical manipulators specially designed for handling highly radioactive substances:

  • mechanical handling gear, fixed or mobile, but not being capable of being operated manually.