Euratom

American

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

Or EURATOM

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 British

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of Euratom

Eur(opean) Atom(ic Energy Community)

Example Sentences

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They want EURATOM, not the International Atomic Energy Agency,* to be their watchdog.

From Time Magazine Archive

EURATOM, said Murray, may get its reactors from the British, whose Calder Hall reactor is already in operation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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