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Article 50: UK confirms plans to pull out of Euratom after Brexit

Madeleine Cuff and Michael Holder

29 March 2017 •

Article 50: UK confirms plans to pull out of Euratom after Brexit

Agency charged with safeguarding Europe's nuclear industry will lose UK as a member under current plans, Theresa May's Article 50 letter confirms

The UK is preparing to pull out of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the EU agency in charge of nuclear safety across Europe, as part of the plan to negotiate its divorce from the trading...

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