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UNCLAS NEW DELHI 002743 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 532/HPC/L. HINES/L. LAUCIUS/JAY HATFIELD 
USDOC FOR 3131/USFCS/OIO/ANESA/KREISSL 
USDOC FOR 4530/MAC/ANESA/OSA 
ICE HQ FOR STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS 
STATE FOR EB/ESP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INSTITUTE FOR 
PLASMA RESEARCH, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT, LICENSE NO. D366374 
 
REF: USDOC 03245 
 
¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is 
prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 
 
¶2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem 
Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Institute 
for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on June 8, 2007. 
 
 
¶3. BIS requested a PSV at IPR, an autonomous physics research 
institute under GOI's Ministry of Science and Technology; Website: 
www.ipr.res.in.  IPR was listed as the Ultimate Consignee for one 
model 722A absolute pressure transducer, 5000 torr range controlled 
under ECCN 2B230.  The license applicant was MKS Instruments Inc. 
(MKS), Andover, MA. 
 
¶4. ECO and FSN Narayan met with S.B. Bhatt (Bhatt), Scientist-SF, 
K.G.V. Nair, Project Purchase Officer, and D. Ramesh, Purchasing 
Officer.  Prashant Agrawal (Agrawal), Under Secretary (AMS), 
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) facilitated the meeting.  Agrawal 
was also present at the meeting. 
 
¶5. IPR officials were aware of certain BIS export regulations.  BIS 
New Delhi Team conducted a favorable PSV on February 2, 2007 for a 
different export license (D345371).  MKS provided BIS export license 
conditions in writing to IPR prior to the shipment.  The BIS Team 
received copies of the IPR Purchase Order, MKS Invoice, IPR End-Use 
Certificate, Form BIS-711, Air Waybill, Air Cargo Arrival Notice cum 
Invoice, Bill of Entry for Home Consumption, a receipt for Customs 
duties paid at the Indian port and delivery note of the shipping, 
clearing & forwarding agent. 
 
¶6. Bhatt confirmed the stated end-use of the transducer.  He stated 
that the transducer is installed in IPR's Aditya Tokamak Centre 
(Aditya).  The transducer is used to measure pressure in a hydrogen 
reservoir that is used for basic research in plasma physics.  Aditya 
is the first indigenously designed and built tokamak in India.  It 
is a medium-sized tokamak and was commissioned in 1989.  A tokamak 
is a type of experimental fusion reactor in which a spiral magnetic 
field inside a doughnut-shaped tube is used to confine the high 
temperature plasma produced during fusion.  The objectives include 
studying the physics of the plasma processes in tokamak under steady 
state conditions and learning technology related to the steady state 
operation of the tokamak.  The studies contribute to the tokamak 
physics database for very long pulse operations.  Recently, IPR has 
upgraded the Aditya Tokamak.  In the upgrading process, IPR replaced 
the MKS transducer of 1,000 kilotore with a MKS transducer of 5,000 
kilotore. 
 
¶7. ECO and Narayan were given a tour of the Aditya where the 
transducer on check is connected to the hydrogen reservoir.  The BIS 
Team noted three different serial numbers of the transducer and its 
accessories as 74796772, 021488292, and CB2000S-2-M1.  Oddly, the 
serial number on the main unit (021488292) appeared to have been 
hand-written.  ECO questioned the scientists about the condition 
serial number.  They stated that they had not altered or relabeled 
the serial number.  They asserted that the serial number is in the 
same condition as it was when they received it. 
 
¶8. Established in 1982, IPR is an autonomous physics research 
institute under the GOI's Ministry of Science and Technology.  It is 
involved in the research of various aspects of plasma science 
including basic plasma physics, magnetically confined hot plasmas 
and plasma technologies for industrial applications.  IPR is now 
internationally recognized for its contributions to fundamental and 
applied research in plasma physics and associated technologies.  It 
has a scientific and engineering manpower of approximately 200 
personnel with core competence in theoretical plasma physics, 
computer modeling, superconducting magnets, cryogenics, ultra-high 
vacuum, pulsed power, microwave and RF, computer-based control and 
data acquisition, and industrial, environmental and strategic plasma 
applications. 
 
¶9. Recommendation: Post recommends Institute for Plasma Research as 
a reliable recipient of the controlled U.S.-origin commodity.  All 
indications are that the listed commodity is being used in 
accordance with U.S. Export Administration Regulations.  However, 
post recommends that agents from BIS's Boston Field Office follow-up 
with MKS regarding the condition of the serial number mentioned in 
paragraph 7.  (PSCUSHMAN/PNARAYAN) Mulford