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Euratom
[ yoo-rat-uhm, yuh-, yoor-at-, yur- ]
noun
- an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
Euratom
/ jʊəˈrætəm /
noun
- short for European Atomic Energy Community ; an authority established by the European Economic Community (now the European Union) to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy
Word History and Origins
Origin of Euratom1
Example Sentences
His work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme grant number 101052200.
Since Brexit the UK has been locked out of the Euratom programme and last year the government made the decision not to re-join.
Although based in the UK it was funded predominantly by the EU nuclear research programme, Euratom, and operated by the UK Atomic Energy Agency.
"In line with the preferences of the UK fusion sector, the UK has decided to pursue a domestic fusion energy strategy instead of associating with the EU's Euratom programme," the government said.
In the same announcement yesterday, the government said it would not seek to rejoin Euratom, a body that regulates Europe’s nuclear energy market and coordinates research, especially in fusion.
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