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UNCLAS MOSCOW 001140 
 
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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