nuclear power

noun

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

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India is a nuclear power, but its weak military has been humiliated by Chinese troops on the two countries’ shared Himalayan border. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) supports the December 2023 decision by Golden State energy officials to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in operation five years beyond the initial 2025 decommission date. Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024 The new doctrine allows for a potential nuclear response by Russia even to a conventional attack by a country that is supported by a nuclear power. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024 The next day, the EBR-I’s output reached 100 kilowatts, powering all the electronics in the building, another promising indication of the development of nuclear power. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nuclear power 

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“Nuclear power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20power. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

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