nuclear power

noun

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

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Terrestrial-Riot partnership In this partnership, Terrestrial will bring its expertise in designing nuclear power plants and handling day-to-day applications, while Riot will contribute to developing hyperscale data centers. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026 Today, Beijing is no longer playing catch-up; in sectors ranging from electric vehicles and next-generation nuclear power to hypersonic missiles, China is setting the pace. Imran Khalid, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 But Thomas Albrecht, the director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center at the Colorado School of Mines, said microreactors use nowhere near the amount of water that traditional and much bigger nuclear power plants require. John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 May 2026 To help meet that demand, Big tech companies and the federal government are partnering to invest billions of dollars in new nuclear power plants. Kirk Siegler, NPR, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for nuclear power

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