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Nuclear power
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Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom.
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Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay).
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a nuclear reactor
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Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions.
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a nuclear explosion
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(by extension, metaphoric, of a solution or response) Involving an extreme course of action.
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nuclear option, nuclear solution
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Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
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Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
Examples of nuclear in a Sentence
World War II ushered in the age of nuclear weapons.
We know very little of the details of reduction in the lower plants, but it probably occurs at some stage in the life history of all plants in which sexual nuclear fusion takes place.
Is it OK to dump nuclear waste in the ocean?
The daughter nuclei may have arrived at the anaphase stage, and have even gone the length of forming a nuclear membrane, without an equatorial depression having shown itself in the cell-body.
It is interesting to note that in many species the formation of new cell-walls is initiated before any indication of nuclear division is to he seen.
A Trypanosome always possesses two distinct nuclear bodies, one the trophonucleus, regulating the trophic life of the cell, the other, the kinetonucleus, directing its locomotor activities.
The compound was a nuclear power plant.
Nuclear Division.The formation of new cells is, in the case of tminucleate cells, preceded by or accompanied by the division of the nucleus.
Rosenberg (1909) adduces evidence fox the existence of chromosomes or prochromosomes in resting nuclei in a large number of plants, but most observers consider that the chromosomes during the resting stage become completely resolved into a nuclear network in which no trace of the original chromosomes can be seen.
The whole purpose of Pakistan's decision to acquire nuclear capability has been to deter aggression by a more powerful state.
He dismissed allegations that Baghdad could, in the foreseeable future, produce a nuclear device.
Others will argue that existing nuclear arsenals are a deadly danger.
It publishes papers which report results of research in nuclear physics and related fields such as nuclear astrophysics.
Physics impacts on all aspects of our technological society, from highspeed fibreoptic telecommunications and ultra-fast computing to solar cells and nuclear power.
The half-demon had the impact of a nuclear bomb with absolutely no control.
Adroit management of the nuclear environment was therefore not the real issue.
Clearly, the historical turn of events from non-violence to nuclear armament, suggest a deep ambivalence about Mahatma Gandhi's legacy.
By preventing Kim Jong-Il from acquiring nuclear materials before he become even more belligerent, we thought we could prevent war.
The country's actions were in compliance with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
On the other, the IAEA's mandate promotes the dangerous myth of peaceful nuclear power.
I have followed the vicissitudes of the nuclear non-proliferation regime very closely for more than a decade.
Once sufficient fissile material is obtained, designing a basic nuclear warhead can be easily accomplished.
We cannot sit in silent acquiescence to the faded homilies of the nuclear priesthood.
Britain must in the ultimate resort have independently controlled nuclear power to deter an aggressor.
An extremely effective area weapon, the EMP produced by a nuclear airburst would undoubtedly produce severe damage to the civilian infrastructure.
In my judgment, given their destructive potential, they should more appropriately be considered akin to nuclear weapons.
Other nuclear weapons states could be motivated to go on to hair-trigger alert through fear of a strike by the USA.
Iraq has made several attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon.
The report does note a minority of intelligence analysts believes the tubes are for conventional weapons, not a nuclear program.
Just at the time the threat of a nuclear apocalypse was lifting, ecologists evolved their own expression of end times.
In May 1957, Defense Minister Strauss secured parliamentary support for a policy of nuclear armament by the Federal Republic.
Able to remain submerged for months at a time, conventionally armed nuclear powered attack submarines can cover a vast distance unseen and unheard.
The steady progress in eliminating nuclear arsenals had come to a virtual halt.
They will now press ahead with their ambitions to acquire a nuclear arsenal.
Whatever residual risk may be posed by Russia's poorly managed nuclear arsenal can be handled by the United States.
This leads to nuclear power, and also atomic weapons.
Appreciate the contribution and coordination of expression nuclear and organellar genomes in organelle biogenesis.
Under Thomson and Rutherford, it became the birthplace of nuclear physics.
Worse, the world would have no way to restrain nuclear blackmail.
The R12 building was huge and the thick steel reinforced concrete walls were designed to withstand nuclear blast.
Like the UK, nuclear transfer and subsequent implantation of cloned human blastocysts is not permitted in Korea.
Iran's several nuclear bombs can inflict more damage on America than the World War II.
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Friend the Prime Minister gave a huge boost this week to the nuclear power lobby.
Such a crisis holds the potential to bring the world to the nuclear brink.
Furthermore nuclear energy is a major source of pollution through environmental waste, which will remain hazardous for years to come.
It's another provocative step by the North Koreans in their policy of nuclear brinkmanship.
Middle East Online 4th Oct 2006 THE latest Iranian brinkmanship on its nuclear hopes is ingenious.
He is now broke - his only asset are the plans for his nuclear power plant.
A secret nuclear bunker dating back to the Cold War.