power, esp electrical or motive, produced by a nuclear reactor
Also called: atomic power
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nu′clear pow′er,
- Energypower derived from nuclear energy. Also called atomic power.
- 1925–30
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'nuclear power' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bushehr
- Chernobyl
- Dounreay
- Dungeness
- antinuclear
- atomic power
- clean energy
- containment
- critical
- decommission
- effluent
- inaugurate
- nonnuclear
- nuclear fuel
- nuke
- plutonium
- power
- power plant
- pronuclear
- pronuke
- strontium
- swarf
- thermal pollution
- thorium