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Euratom|jʊəˈrætəm|
[Shortened f. European Atomic Energy Community.]
An international organization set up in 1958 to co-ordinate the development and use of nuclear energy in Europe; since 1967, administratively merged with the EEC. Also attrib.
1956Times 7 Jan. 7/2 The O.E.E.C. plan would leave purely national uses of atomic energy, including warlike uses, uncontrolled, whereas Euratom could not. 1958Economist 5 Apr. 11/1 The newly-created six-nation Euratom community..has great military significance. 1961Daily Tel. 14 Dec. 22/6 Euratom is sure to want to increase its budget as soon as Britain is among its contributors. 1962Ibid. 3 July 29/4 The British negotiators may ask for assurances on the regulations authorising Euratom inspectors to check on stocks of fissionable material in member States. 1969Times 2 May 27/1 One more attempt to get Euratom..on the road again has been made by the commission with a proposal for a five-year programme. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia III. 999/3 A major incentive for the creation of Euratom was to facilitate the establishment of a nuclear energy industry on a European..scale. 1986Financial Times 12 Feb. ii. 28/4 Euratom..is also raising LuxFr 300m with a bond maturing in 1992. |