Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what services, provisions or assistance are provided to the UK as a result of the UK's membership of the European Atomic Energy Community, EURATOM; and in the event of the UK withdrawing from the EU, how any such benefits will be affected or replaced.

Euratom provides the legal framework for civil nuclear power generation and radioactive waste management across the European Union. Specifically, it covers nuclear safeguards, and the movement and trade of nuclear materials between Member States and third countries.

This Government remains committed to the highest standards of nuclear safety, safeguards and support for the industry.Whilst membership of Euratom has served the UK well, the benefits of Euratom membership can be achieved through other means as well.

The UK will remain publicly accountable on nuclear safety matters through our membership of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA’s legal frameworks for the nuclear sector are the basis on which the Euratom Community and the UK’s own domestic regime is based; there is no intention to weaken the current standards. The UK’s future nuclear safeguards arrangements will continue to provide the quality, safety and robustness that currently exist under Euratom.