nuclear power

noun

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

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The power plant is one of the candidates to be reconstructed as a future nuclear power site. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 External power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, has been cut for more than four days in a record outage at the six-reactor facility on the front line of the war, Greenpeace Ukraine warned Saturday. Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025 Replacing wind and solar with gas, coal and nuclear power means reliable, affordable electricity that supports and sustains industries and employment. Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 The development of small modular land and floating nuclear power plants is also going full swing in Russia. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear power

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