Evaluated screen

Nuclear Weapons Sale, Transfer, Distribution and Promotion

Identifies companies that sell, broker, transfer, distribute, market, promote, or provide authorized commercial support for nuclear weapons, nuclear-specific delivery systems, nuclear warheads, or key nuclear-weapons components.

Type
Evaluated
Version
2026.08.21.2
Published
Aug 21, 2026
Inclusions
5
Exclusions
5
How to read this definition

Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.

Can establish this activity

Included when supported

Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.

5 criteria
  1. 01Criterion

    Sellers or Brokers of Nuclear Weapons or Nuclear-Specific Systems

    Defined as: Companies that sell, broker, commercially supply, or facilitate transactions for nuclear weapons, nuclear warheads, nuclear-specific delivery systems, or key nuclear-weapons components.

  2. 02Criterion

    Authorized Agents or Distributors for Nuclear-Specific Components

    Defined as: Entities with distribution rights, authorized agent status, or supply-chain responsibility for components, materials, or systems specifically developed or significantly modified for nuclear weapons.

  3. 03Criterion

    Transfer Facilitators for Nuclear Weapons Programmes

    Defined as: Companies arranging or supporting the transfer, handoff, export, import, reallocation, or trans-shipment of nuclear weapons, nuclear-specific delivery systems, or key components between parties.

  4. 04Criterion

    Promotion or Marketing of Nuclear-Specific Weapon Systems

    Defined as: Companies that market, advertise, showcase, promote, or prepare sales material for nuclear weapons, nuclear-specific delivery systems, or key nuclear-weapons components.

  5. 05Criterion

    Multi-Weapon Sales Including Nuclear-Specific Systems

    Defined as: Companies involved in broader military sales packages where nuclear-specific delivery systems, nuclear warheads, or key nuclear-weapons components are a documented part of the transaction.

Does not establish this activity on its own

Excluded on this basis alone

These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.

5 criteria
  1. 01Criterion

    Conventional-Only Weapons Sales

    Defined as: Companies selling, brokering, or distributing weapons systems that are not designed, designated, certified, or materially modified for nuclear weapons delivery or use.

  2. 02Criterion

    Civilian Nuclear Equipment or Material Sales

    Defined as: Companies selling civilian nuclear reactors, reactor fuel, civilian enrichment services, medical isotopes, radiation equipment, or nuclear power technology without a weapons-specific nexus.

  3. 03Criterion

    Neutral Media, Research, or Advocacy

    Defined as: Media outlets, academics, NGOs, analysts, or researchers discussing nuclear weapons without commercial promotion, sale, brokering, or distribution intent.

  4. 04Criterion

    Generic Marketing or Advertising Firms Without Control

    Defined as: Marketing, advertising, event, or communications firms producing general material under contract without controlling or endorsing nuclear-specific weapons promotion.

  5. 05Criterion

    Historic Sales With Verified Disengagement

    Defined as: Companies that previously sold, transferred, or promoted nuclear-specific systems but have ceased the activity and have no current or ongoing role within the defined lookback period.

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Taxonomy version 2026.08.21.2, published Aug 21, 2026. Material changes receive a new immutable release so earlier evaluations remain tied to the definitions and criteria used.

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