Evaluated screen

Nuclear Weapons Transportation and Logistics

Identifies companies that knowingly transport, handle, store in transit, or provide logistics systems or services specifically for nuclear weapons, nuclear warheads, nuclear missiles, nuclear-specific components, or nuclear-weapons materials.

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

    Transporters of Nuclear Weapons or Warheads

    Defined as: Companies that knowingly transport nuclear weapons, nuclear warheads, or nuclear explosive devices between production, storage, testing, deployment, or dismantlement locations.

  2. 02Criterion

    Specialized Nuclear Missile or Warhead Logistics Systems

    Defined as: Companies that produce or operate specialized transporters, containers, handling systems, loading systems, or logistics equipment for nuclear weapons, nuclear missiles, or nuclear warheads.

  3. 03Criterion

    Nuclear Materials Logistics for Weapons Programmes

    Defined as: Companies transporting, handling, or providing logistics for weapons-grade fissile material, tritium, or nuclear-warhead components with confirmed weapons-programme end use.

  4. 04Criterion

    Custodial Logistics Providers for Nuclear Weapons

    Defined as: Companies with contractual custody, inventory control, routing authority, security responsibility, or handling responsibility for nuclear weapons, warheads, missiles, or key components.

  5. 05Criterion

    Deployment Logistics for Nuclear-Specific Delivery Systems

    Defined as: Companies providing logistics or handling services for operational deployment of nuclear missile systems, nuclear-capable delivery platforms, or their key nuclear-specific components.

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

    Generic Freight or Courier Services Without Knowledge or Control

    Defined as: Freight forwarders, couriers, storage providers, or logistics firms that do not know, control, route, or manage nuclear-weapons contents or end use.

  2. 02Criterion

    Civilian Nuclear Fuel or Waste Transport

    Defined as: Companies transporting civilian reactor fuel, spent fuel, radioactive waste, medical isotopes, or industrial radioactive materials without a weapons-specific nexus.

  3. 03Criterion

    Transport for Verified Disarmament or Destruction Only

    Defined as: Entities transporting nuclear weapons, materials, or components only for verified dismantlement, destruction, treaty compliance, remediation, or humanitarian purposes.

  4. 04Criterion

    Conventional Munitions or Military Logistics Only

    Defined as: Companies transporting conventional weapons, ordinary military supplies, or non-nuclear defence equipment without confirmed nuclear-weapons-specific involvement.

  5. 05Criterion

    Administrative Travel or General Supply Chain Services

    Defined as: Companies providing personnel travel, commercial shipping, general procurement logistics, or ordinary supply-chain services not specific to nuclear weapons or nuclear-specific delivery systems.

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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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