European Atomic Energy Community [SEP] inception
European Atomic Energy Community
The European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) is an international organisation established by the Euratom Treaty on 25 March 1957 with the original purpose of creating a specialist market for nuclear power in Europe, by developing nuclear energy and distributing it to its member states while selling the surplus to non-member states. However, over the years its scope has been considerably increased to cover a large variety of areas associated with nuclear power and ionising radiation as diverse as safeguarding of nuclear materials, radiation protection and
EEC and Euratom
- Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
- Raymond Bertrand, "The European Common Market Proposal", International Organization, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Nov. 1956), pp. 559–574.
- Pierre-Henri Laurent, "Paul-Henri Spaak and the Diplomatic Origins of the Common Market, 1955–1956", Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Sep. 1970), pp. 373–396