Euratom Treaty meaning

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Nuclear energy in the EU As at September 2023, 12 of the 27 EU Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Finland, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden) operate nuclear power stations on their soil, while Germany shut its last reactors in April 2023. Nuclear power usage fell by 16.7% between 2021 and 2022, yet it still supplied over a fifth (21.8%) of the EU’s total electricity generation in 2022. Nuclear safety is treated as a priority at EU level, due to the potential for cross-border consequences should a nuclear accident occur. This Practice Note introduces the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (the Euratom Treaty), which provides the foundation for EU-wide nuclear rules and standards, and sets out principal EU legislation pertinent to the nuclear industry. It addresses rules on nuclear safeguards, installation safety and licensing, protection of human health and the environment from radiation, impact assessments for proposed nuclear installations, the management of radioactive waste, and the decommissioning of sites. Euratom Treaty The...

What is Euratom? The Euratom Treaty, concluded in 1957 by six founding members—Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands—created the Euratom Community. Since that date, every country acceding to what is now the European Union has automatically joined Euratom, whether or not it possesses nuclear facilities on its territory. Its primary purpose is to support the establishment and advancement of Europe’s nuclear industry and to protect the security of supply of ores, source materials and special fissile materials within the Community. What are the Euratom Treaty’s key provisions? To realise this overarching aim, the Treaty imposes obligations on the Community in relation to: promoting research and spreading technical information creating and applying uniform safety standards to safeguard the health of workers and the general public facilitating investment and ensuring the basic installations required for the development of nuclear energy in the Community ensuring that all users in the Community receive a regular and equitable supply of ores, source materials and...