The nuclear cliff-edge: What if Britain crashes out of Euratom?

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THE government’s stand-off with Brussels is less than a week old but already one aspect of the Brexit divorce is causing severe collywobbles in Britain: withdrawal from the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), which oversees the EU’s nuclear industry. A cross-party committee of MPs, as well as the industry itself, said this week that an abrupt departure in two years’ time could be disastrous. It is also a real possibility.
Euratom, started in 1957, provides safeguards for trade in nuclear materials, ensuring they are not diverted to rogue …
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The nuclear cliff-edge: What if Britain crashes out of Euratom?