nuclear power

noun

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

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The machines will run complex experiments that require an immense amount of data-crunching capacity, tackling problems ranging from nuclear power to cancer treatments, officials said Monday. Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025 The closed nuclear power plant is expected to be online and deliver electricity to the grid by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025 Cramer also mentioned the company’s investment in nuclear power and its quantum computing venture. Julie Coleman, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025 And his peers have chosen to let the question fester, pretending the battle for control of a nuclear power plant does not qualify as an emergency in a world gone deaf from the ringing of alarms. Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear power

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