Euratom

American  

[yoo-rat-uhm, yuh-, yoor-at-, yur-] / yʊˈræt əm, yə-, ˈyʊərˌæt-, ˈyɜr- /

Or EURATOM

noun

1. 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.

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Euratom British  

/ jʊəˈrætəm /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of Euratom

Eur(opean) Atom(ic Energy Community)

Example Sentences

Niger in 2022 accounted for about a quarter of the natural uranium supplied to European nuclear power plants, according to data from the atomic organisation Euratom.

From Barron's

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.

From Science Daily

Since Brexit the UK has been locked out of the Euratom programme and last year the government made the decision not to re-join.

From BBC

Although based in the UK it was funded predominantly by the EU nuclear research programme, Euratom, and operated by the UK Atomic Energy Agency.

From BBC

"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.

From BBC