Euratom


[yoo-rat-uh m, yuh-, yoo r-at-, yur-] /yʊˈræt əm, yə-, ˈyʊərˌæt-, ˈyɜr-/

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.
/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
European Atomic Energy Community

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