TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OPPORTUNITY, FORMER SOVIET UNION Sandia National Laboratories in association with two companies in the Republic of Belarus is seeking a U.S.-based industrial partner to help develop and market environmental radiation equipment in eastern and western Europe and potentially worldwide. Both companies work closely with the Belarus Institute of Nuclear Problems, which has been monitoring widespread surface contamination caused by the Chernobyl accident in 1986. The Belarus companies, Radiation Instruments and New Components Limited (RINC) and Technologies Instruments METhods (TIMET), manufacture a broad range of diversified radiation devices and nuclear electronics instrumentation for radioecological and power plant monitoring. Instrumentation includes fast X-ray and y-ray scintillation detectors; liquid scintillation alpha and beta radiometers (including a unique instrument for strontium -90 detection that does not require radiochemical preconcentration); photomultiplier tubes, etc. The staff at TIMET and RINC consists of highly qualified engineers and designers drawn from the leading scientific and research laboratories in Belarus. Both companies have had extensive experience with developing new laboratory methods and deploying highly sensitive field monitoring devices. The proposed partnership is part of a Congressional initiative (Section 575 of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act of 1994). The program emphasizes commercialization ventures involving technology risk-share projects which will produce and sell products resulting from NIS (Newly Independent States) developed technologies of the Former Soviet Union. Collaborative efforts under this initiative involve U.S. industry, NIS Institutes, and DOE national laboratories. To receive grants to aid research and development costs, a U.S. company must provide 50% of the project cost share with cash or in-kind effort. The remaining 50% will be furnished by DOE, with at least half of these funds going to NIS, and the remainder being remitted to the national laboratory partner. Projects which generally do not exceed two years and cost less than $250,000 are likely to be most acceptable. The U.S. company will benefit from this program through the commercialization of jointly developed new and improved technologies and the opening of new markets. Sandia will provide overall technical guidance, validate NIS technology development, and assist in commercialization. Intellectual property rights of all parties will be protected. The U.S. company must be willing to enter into a CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) with Sandia and become a member of USIC (United States Industry Coalition). USIC is an alliance of American companies formed to facilitate commercial interactions with the former Soviet Union. A small annual membership fee is required. If you are interested in partnering or desire additional information contact Donna Rix by August 1 at Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1380, 505/271-4202 (FAX); for technical information contact Bob Floran, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-0131, 505/844-0619 (FAX), rjflora@sandia.gov (WWW)

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