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Sprint projectSep 15, 2025

Navigating Safety Measures for Nuclear Nonproliferation: AI-Enabled Early Warning Systems & Governance System For Detecting Nuclear Enrichment

Ifeoma Ilechukwu, Marie-Louise Thurton, Victor Uchenna Jonah, Valmik Nahata and Saahir Vazirani · Team Supa Mavvis Team

Submitted to CBRN AI Risks Research Sprint. Sprint projects are early-stage work by participants, not Apart Research publications.

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The Independent Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has always sought ways to create a balance between nuclearuse for peaceful purposes and the prevention of weapons proliferation. Yet challenges persist in the form ofclandestine uranium enrichment, covert plutonium processing and illicit trade in sensitive technologies.Recent advances in the integration of Artificial Intelligence into nuclear Command, Control andCommunication (NC3) systems and procedures could help reduce errors from being made in crisis scenarios,enhance situational awareness, improve surveillance and increase operational efficiency. However, theintroduction of AI systems would also amplify existing challenges and create room for adversarialmanipulation where proliferators intentionally feed misleading signals to evade detection systems and reducefacility footprints. This brief critically examines the vulnerabilities and limitations in existing safeguards,recent case studies such as Iran’s suspension of IAEA cooperation and a multimodal AI-enabled monitoringapproach for early detection of nuclear enrichment activities. It concludes with governance approaches toreduce nuclear related misuse and policy measures to align AI capabilities with non-proliferation norms.

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@misc{ilechukwu2025navigating,
  title = {{Navigating Safety Measures for Nuclear Nonproliferation: AI-Enabled Early Warning Systems \& Governance System For Detecting Nuclear Enrichment}},
  author = {Ifeoma Ilechukwu and Marie-Louise Thurton and Victor Uchenna Jonah and Valmik Nahata and Saahir Vazirani},
  year = {2025},
  month = sep,
  note = {Submitted to CBRN AI Risks Research Sprint, an Apart Research Sprint},
  howpublished = {\url{https://apartresearch.com/sprints/projects/navigating-safety-measures-for-nuclear-nonproliferation-ai-enabled-early-warning-systems-governance-system-for-detecting-nuclear-enrichment-1z7e}},
  url = {https://apartresearch.com/sprints/projects/navigating-safety-measures-for-nuclear-nonproliferation-ai-enabled-early-warning-systems-governance-system-for-detecting-nuclear-enrichment-1z7e}
}
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