{"id":84512,"date":"2026-01-28T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=84512"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:10:50","slug":"euratom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/euratom\/","title":{"rendered":"Euratom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Euratom Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European Union (EU) and India recently committed to promoting collaboration on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy under the India-Euratom agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Euratom<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is an <\/span><b>international organization <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">established under the <\/span><b>Treaty of Rome in 1957.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Objective<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: To form a <\/span><b>common market<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the <\/span><b>development of the peaceful uses of atomic energy.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major incentive for the creation of Euratom was the desire to facilitate the <\/span><b>establishment of a nuclear-energy industry on a European rather than<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>national scale.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Euratom\u2019s <\/span><b>control <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was <\/span><b>not extended to nuclear materials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intended <\/span><b>for military use.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Membership<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The original members were Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It subsequently came to<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">include <\/span><b>all members of the European Union (EU).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Euratom <\/span><b>regulates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>European civil nuclear industry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which produces almost 30% of energy in the EU.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Euratom\u2019s work <\/span><b>safeguards nuclear materials and technology, facilitates investment, research, and development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and ensures<\/span><b> equal access to nuclear supplies,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as the <\/span><b>correct disposal of nuclear waste <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>safety <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>governed by <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Commission and Council, operating under<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the jurisdiction of the <\/span><b>European Court of Justice.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its main <\/span><b>instruments <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are the <\/span><b>Euratom Supply Agenc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y and <\/span><b>its research and nuclear safeguard activities.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EU has its <\/span><b>own Joint Research Centre (JRC) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the nuclear field.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Euratom is <\/span><b>involved in developing atomic fusion technology,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which has the potential of delivering abundant sustainable energy in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/eu-india-commit-to-collaboration-on-peaceful-uses-of-nuclear-power\/article70557634.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) is an international organization established under the Treaty of Rome in 1957. 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