: energy that is created by splitting apart the nuclei of atoms
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By 1950 and the advent of nuclear power, some believed that electricity would be too cheap to meter.—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 North Korea, a nuclear power, has said some of these systems are capable of delivering atomic warheads.—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026 Container ships drift through a nuclear power plant.—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026 Soaring energy prices caused by the war in the Middle East are helping propel a resurgence of nuclear power.—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nuclear power