: energy that is created by splitting apart the nuclei of atoms
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Approaches like small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors offer nuclear energy at smaller scales, while those like sodium- or lead-cooled reactors use innovation to improve reactor safety and efficiency.—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026 Exceptions can be granted to American companies except under certain circumstances such as a critical support for the nuclear energy fuel supply chain.—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 But the government in Tehran is insistent on its right to develop peaceful nuclear energy.—Willem Marx, NPR, 23 May 2026 Americans are now more accepting of nuclear energy plants in their communities than data centers, Gallup has found.—Aldo Svaldi, Mercury News, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for nuclear energy