Atomic Energy Authority

noun

1. (in Britain) a government body established in 1954 to control research and development in atomic energy AEA

Example Sentences

This undoubtedly made the Atomic Energy Authority more risk averse, but it also raises the question of whether a nuclear power station would have been built at Lough Neagh if Windscale had not happened.

From BBC

Separately, the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Authority has offered a critical endorsement of Japan’s plan to release wastewater from the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima, northeast of Tokyo, into the Pacific.

From Washington Times

AI company OpenAI recently blogged that a global regulator like the International Atomic Energy Authority might be needed for super-intelligent AI.

From BBC

In a little-noticed announcement when President Xi Jinping of China met President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow last month, Rosatom and the China Atomic Energy Authority signed an agreement to extend their cooperation for years, if not decades.

From New York Times

But the Civil Nuclear Constabulary - a special force which guards nuclear facilities - is overseen by the UK Atomic Energy Authority and, ultimately, Energy Secretary Grant Shapps.

From BBC