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Atomic Energy Authority

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 • Dec. 27, 2023

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 • Jul. 7, 2023

Atomic Energy Authority, said every route to clean energy must be tried if there is to be any hope of reaching net zero emissions in three decades, the deadline for avoiding catastrophic climate change.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022

Atomic Energy Authority, said the results were “huge step closer to conquering one of the biggest scientific and engineering challenges of them all.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022

From 2009 to 2016, he served as CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and director of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 6, 2020

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