Monitoring nuclear disarmament compliance 

The United Nations acknowledges the existence of approximately 13.400 nuclear weapons. To ensure that these weapons are not misused, continuous monitoring is required. However, current methods of surveillance such as CCTV and physical inspections are not meeting security and privacy requirements. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy in collaboration with colleagues from Princeton University, Harvard University, PHYSEC GmbH, Ruhr University Bochum, Technical University Berlin and the University of Connecticut developed a reliable method to monitor nuclear sites remotely.