How to Use atomic energy in a Sentence
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But Feinberg’s design couldn’t compete during the bustling heyday of atomic energy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2018
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Today, the country takes the crown not for being a leader in atomic energy, but for being the most expensive place in the world to build nuclear projects.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
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Malaysia revived its nuclear program last year and set a 2031 target for bringing atomic energy online.
—ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
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Studebaker-Packard conceived of a different vehicle that not only would run on atomic energy, but would generate a force field around itself to prevent collisions.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
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Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb, also imagined a great many uses for atomic energy, including the violent reshaping of the Earth’s surface.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
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Al Jazeera reported that the statement from Iran’s atomic energy organisation did not provide details on how Saturday’s strike occurred or what type of munitions were used.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
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Developing atomic energy can take decades, especially for nuclear newcomers.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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To become a real catalyst for smart nuclear growth in Africa, the AfDB needs to ditch its outdated ban on nuclear projects and openly recognize atomic energy as part of the continent’s clean power future.
—W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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The country’s atomic energy organisation said the Natanz enrichment complex, one of Iran’s most sensitive uranium sites, was hit but emphasized that no radioactive materials were released.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
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Following World War II, as the United States and the Soviet Union stockpiled nuclear weapons, some thinkers were wondering if atomic energy could be something other than a weapon of war.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2018
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The level of cooperation that ended WWII, which the Interim Committee recommended be marshalled for atomic energy in 1945, has not been reached.
—Charles Oppenheimer, Time, 17 Aug. 2025
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The state-run Tass news agency cited Russia's atomic energy agency, Rosenergoatom, as reporting that one unit at the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant was temporarily disconnected from the grid.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
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What To Know Russia and Niger finalized a memorandum of understanding in Niamey, Niger's capital, on July 29—with senior officials from Rosatom, Russia's state atomic energy corporation, and Niger's Energy Ministry in attendance.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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