3A226 Category 3A

High-power direct current power supplies having both of the following characteristics (see List of Items Controlled), excluding items that are subject to the export licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (see 10 CFR part 110).

Category 3: Electronics

Reasons for control

• NP: Nuclear nonproliferation
• AT: Anti-terrorism

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List-based license exceptions

Items

1. Items: a. Capable of continuously producing, over a time period of 8 hours, 100 V or greater with current output of 500 A or greater; and
2. b. Current or voltage stability better than 0.1% over a time period of 8 hours.

Related controls

(1) See ECCNs 3E001 (“development” and “production”) and 3E201 (“use”) for technology for items controlled under this entry. (2) Also see ECCN 3A227. (3) Direct current power supplies “specially designed” or prepared for use in separating uranium isotopes are subject to the export licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (see 10 CFR part 110).

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