EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ISTC-INTERNATIONAL

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001140 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LRITTER USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ISTC-INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER, MOSCOW, RUSSIA. REFTELS: REQUEST #4210006 DATED 4/22/2009 #4210007 DATED 4/23/2009 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftels requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, ISTC - International Science and Technology Center, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of one (1) water-cooled loadbank connector valve for electrical apparatus, model no. WCL488-1000-120000-400V. No ECCN number given for this item. The licensee is Transistor Devices Inc., 36 Newburgh Road, Hackettstown, NJ; and license application: D404449 as the ultimate consignee of 2 model MPT2-MCA double width NIM electronic instruments. These items are controlled for anti-terrorism reasons under ECCN 3A992. The licensee is Canberra Industries, Inc., 800 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450. ¶3. On April 29, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification at the offices of ISTC-International Science and Technology Center (ISTC). 32-34, Krasnoproletarskaya Street, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Dmitry Ivlev, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer. ¶4. The ISTC is an intergovernmental organization connecting scientists from Russia, Georgia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with their peers and research organizations in Canada, UE, Japan, Republic of Korea, Norway and the United States. ISTC facilitates international science projects and assists the global scientific and business community to source and engage with Russian and CIS institutes that develop or possess an excellence of scientific know-how. The ISTC was established in 1992 and began operations in 1994. It has over 200 employees from 40 countries, including the United States. ¶5. The objectives of the ISTC are to provide weapons experts in the CIS the opportunity to redirect their talents to peaceful activities; contribute to the solution of national science and technology problems; reinforce the transition to market economies; support basic and applied research; and promote integration of CIS scientists into the global scientific community. ¶6. The commodities in reftel were purchased and imported for RFNC-VNIIEF Institute of Nuclear & Radiation located in Sarov, Russia. Sarov was formally known as Arzamas-16, a closed and secret city during Soviet days. ¶7. ISTC has a comprehensive compliance program in place. Licensable technology received by Russian customs is cleared by ISTC staff and transported to its secure warehouse in Moscow. The commodities are logged in and out, documented with both a paper and electronic copy of the transaction. When the ultimate consignee picks up the commodities at ISTC, a record of that transaction is also recorded. ¶8. The export control team found that the reftel commodities are being used for the end-use for which they were licensed; there are no indications of impropriety; and Dmitry IvlevQs answers were not evasive. ¶8. Recommendations: Post recommends ISTC-International Science and Technology Center, Moscow, Russia, as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON) BEYRLE