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Nuclear power   /nˈukliər pˈaʊər/   Listen
noun
nuclear power  n.  
1.
Power derived from nuclear reactions; used at present especially of electrical power generated in atomic reactors, but encompassing also fusion power.
Synonyms: atomic energy, atomic power, nuclear energy, nuclear energy.
2.
A country possessing nuclear weapons.





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"Nuclear power" Quotes from Famous Books



... validity, cogency; enablement[obs3]; vantage ground; influence &c. 175. pressure; conductivity; elasticity; gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism; atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power; fuel cell; hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power; solar power, solar energy, solar panels; tidal power; wind power; attraction; vis inertiae[Lat], vis mortua[Lat], vis viva [Latin]; potential energy, dynamic energy; dynamic friction, dynamic suction; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... has not been possible because the supply of funds and real resources has been disrupted by the reorganization and subsequent dismantling of the central USSR administrative apparatus. Among facilities made unserviceable by the earthquake are the Yerevan nuclear power plant, which had supplied 40% of Armenia's needs for electric power and a plant that produced one-quarter of the output of elevators in the former USSR. Armenia has some deposits of nonferrous metal ores (bauxite, copper, zinc, and molybdenum) that are ...
— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... out great plastisteel arteries to bring the lifeblood of the land to the vast sponges of the factories and showers in home and food-processing plants and landrounits. Water for the machine-precise rows of soy bean plants and for babies' formulas and water for great nuclear power plants and water for a tiny, sixty-fifth floor apartment ...
— The Thirst Quenchers • Rick Raphael


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