Appendix A to Part 725 - Categories of Restricted Data Available
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Appendix A to Part 725 - Categories of Restricted Data Available
C-24 Isotope separation. This category is divided into
subcategories A and B.
Subcategory A includes information in summary form concerning
the status and potential of the gaseous diffusion and gas
centrifuge processes for the separation of uranium isotopes.
Subcategory B includes information on the following:
a. Any aspect of separating one or more isotopes of uranium from
a composition containing a mixture of isotopes of that element by
the gas centrifuge or gaseous diffusion processes.
b. Design, construction, and operation of any plant, facility or
device capable of separating by the gas centrifuge or gaseous
diffusion processes one or more isotopes of uranium from a
composition containing a mixture of isotopes of that element,
including means and methods of transporting materials from one to
another device.
C-44 Nuclear Technology. This category includes classified
technical information concerning nuclear technology. It may contain
information on the following:
a. Materials, including metals, ceramics, organic and inorganic
compounds. Included are such technical areas as the technology and
fabrication of fuel elements, corrosion studies, cladding
techniques and radiation studies.
b. Chemistry, chemical engineering and radiochemistry of all the
elements and their compounds. Included are techniques and processes
of chemical separations, radioactive waste handling and feed
material processing.
c. Reactor physics, engineering and technology including theory,
design, criticality studies and operation of reactors, reactor
systems and reactor components.
d. Reserved.
e. Lithium isotope separation technology. This subcategory
includes classified technical information on the separation of
lithium isotopes by using counter-current flows of lithium amalgam
and aqueous lithium hydroxide solution in packed columns. Not
included is information regarding plant design and operating
conditions from which total production rates or design capacity of
the lithium isotope separation plant (Colex) in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, can be inferred. In addition to the other requirements
of this part, access permits for Restricted Data in this
subcategory will be approved, provided the permittee:
1. Demonstrates that it is not a corporation or entity owned,
controlled or dominated by an alien, a foreign corporation, or a
foreign government, and
2. Agrees to insertion in his access permit of the terms and
conditions:
(i) Set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of § 725.23 of this
part;
(ii) Set forth in paragraph (c) of § 725.23 of this part,
amended by deleting the phrase “category C-24, isotope separation,”
and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase “subcategory C-44e,
lithium isotope separation technology”;
(iii) Set forth in paragraph (d) of § 725.23 of this part,
amended by:
(A) Deleting the phrases “production or enrichment of special
nuclear material” and “separation of isotopes” wherever they
appear, and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase “separation of
isotopes of lithium”;
(B) Deleting the phrase “domestic commercial uranium enriching
services are provided by,” and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase
“domestic lithium isotope separation capacity becomes available
to.”
This category does not include information which reveals or from
which can be calculated actual or planned (as distinguished from
design) capacities, production rates and unit costs for the
plutonium production program.
C-65 Plutonium Production. This category includes information on
reactor, fuel element and separations technology which reveals or
from which can be calculated actual or planned (as distinguished
from design) capacities, production rates and unit costs for the
Hanford and Savannah River production facilities.
Technology which does not reveal or enable calculation of
production rates and unit costs of Hanford or Savannah River
production facilities is categorized in C-44 Nuclear
Technology.
C-90 Nuclear Reactors for Ram-Jet Propulsion. This category
includes information on:
a. Programs pertaining to the development of nuclear reactors
for application to ram-jet propulsion systems including theory
and/or design, test philosophy procedures and/or results.
b. Fabrication technology and evaluation of performance or
characteristics of materials or components for such reactors.
c. Controls, control systems and instrumentation relating to the
design or technology of such reactors.
d. Data pertaining to heat transfer, propellant kinetics or
corrosion and erosion of materials under conditions of high
temperature, high gas flows or other environmental conditions
characteristic of ram-jet propulsion systems.
This category does not include information on:
a. Design details of weapons systems or nuclear warheads.
b. Military operational techniques or characteristics.
c. General aspects of nuclear ram-jet missiles, such as payload,
aerodynamic characteristics, guidance systems, physical size, gross
weight, thrust and information of this kind which is associated
with utilization of a nuclear ram-jet propulsion system.
C-91 Nuclear Reactors for Rocket Propulsion. This category
includes information on:
a. Programs pertaining to nuclear reactors for rocket
propulsion, i.e., missile propulsion, theory and/design, test
philosophy procedures and/or results.
b. Design, fabrication technology and evaluation of performance
or characteristics of material, components, or subsystems or
nuclear rocket reactors.
c. Controls, control systems and instrumentation relating to the
design or technology of rocket reactor systems.
d. Data pertaining to heat transfer, propellant kinetics or
corrosion and erosion of rocket reactor system materials under
conditions of high temperature, high gas flows, or other
environmental conditions characteristic of rocket reactors.
This category does not include information on:
a. Design details of weapons systems or nuclear warheads.
b. Military operational techniques or characteristics.
c. General aspects of payload and aerodynamic
characteristics.
d. Design details and development, information of components and
subsystems of the nuclear rocket engine other than that associated
with the reactor system.
C-92 Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power (SNAP). This category
includes information on:
a. Isotopic SNAP Program, including theory, design, research and
development, fabrication, test procedures and results for the
device, including power conversion device and the fuels used.
b. Reactor SNAP Program, including theory, design, research and
development, fabrication, test procedures and results for the
reactor, including the directly associated power conversion device
when developed by DOE.
This category does not include that technical and scientific
data developed under the SNAP Advanced Concept Program which should
be reported in C-93.
C-93 Advanced Concepts for Future Application.
C-93a Reactor Experiments. This category includes classified
technical information developed in the pursuit of work on new or
advanced concepts of reactors or components which DOE considers
essential to future growth or for general application to future
generations of reactors. Classified information developed in the
pursuit of work on the lithium cooled reactor experiment is an
example of the type of information to be reported in this category,
i.e., information resulting from an experimental reactor project or
component development which may have many future applications but
which is not currently being pursued to meet the specific needs of
an approved requirement for which other information categories have
been provided. For example, classified technical information
developed in the pursuit of work on Naval, Ram-Jet or Rocket
nuclear reactors would not be reported here but under their
respective specific categories. This category will include
classified technical information on the following:
a. Theory, design, and performance, either estimated or
actual.
b. Design details, composition and performance characteristics
of major components (e.g., fuel media, reflectors, moderators, heat
exchangers, pressure shells or containment devices, control rods,
conversion devices, instrumentation and shielding).
c. Material (metals, ceramics and compounds) development,
alloying, cladding, corrosion, erosion, radiation studies and
fabrication techniques.
d. Chemistry, including chemical engineering, processes and
techniques. Reactor physics, engineering and criticality
studies.
C-93b Conversion Devices. This category includes classified
technical information developed in the pursuit of studies, designs,
research and development, fabrication and operation of any energy
conversion device to be used with nuclear energy sources which is
not being applied to a specific system development project.
C-94 Military Compact Reactor (MCR). This category includes
classified technical information on the actual or planned Military
Compact Reactor and its components developed in the pursuit of
studies, designs, research and development, fabrication, and
operation of the reactor system or its components.
Examples of the areas of information included are:
a. Reactor core physics.
b. Fuel elements and fuel element components.
c. Moderator and reflector details.
d. Data on primary coolant system.
e. Radiation shield.
f. Controls and instrumentation.
This category does not include information on military
operational characteristics or techniques.
[41 FR 56778, Dec. 30, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 37939, June 29,
1979]