nuclear power

noun

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

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Those charges go up and down as part of long-term contracts that the state has with the Millstone nuclear power station in Waterford and the Seabrook plant in New Hampshire. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026 Storing heat between peaks Unlike solar and wind installations, conventional nuclear power plants are generally designed to produce electricity continuously. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026 Others privately expressed fear that Henderson would provoke retaliation from the President, perhaps causing the state to lose pending federal grants to build nuclear power plants and to restore the Great Salt Lake. — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 From advanced geothermal to new ways of producing nuclear power, big tech companies have been willing to pay more to lock in reliable power sources, thereby accelerating the market for these new efforts. — Justin Worland, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nuclear power

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