nuclear power

noun

physics
: energy that is created by splitting apart the nuclei of atoms

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There are deep concerns over how fighting could impact facilities linked to Ukraine's nuclear power plants, such as substations. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 Critical infrastructure like the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have been threatened or damaged. Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025 German politicians pushed the country before the pandemic to shutter its nuclear power plants and ramp up imports of natural gas from Russia. Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 That's adding pressure to the decades-long effort to find a place to store the radioactive waste U.S. nuclear power plants produce. Scott Franz, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear power

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