Britain Quits European Nuclear Body

[haele]

Source: The Times UK

Ministers sneaked out the news that the UK would leave the European Atomic Energy Community, known as Euratom, within the notes accompanying the bill published yesterday to trigger Article 50, the process for leaving the European Union.

Euratom was established through a 1957 treaty and plays a crucial role in ensuring compliance with international nuclear safeguards as well as establishing a European market for nuclear goods and services.


Read more: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/business/britain-quits-european-nuclear-body-pgmq9m9fc

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Scientists, energy suppliers, and safety managers all over GB are furious about this; not only does this put the rehabilitation of their existing Nuclear energy plants in question, it will cancel several infrastructure, research, and energy plant projects that are currently in the works and could seriously jeopardize safety standards for plants and labs going forward.

Nothing like having politicians meddle in science...

Haele