nuclear energy

Nuclear energy is a source of power which is created from energy released by a nuclear reaction.

(noun)

An example of nuclear energy is the electricity generated by a nuclear reactor, which is the major power source used in Japan.

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See nuclear energy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the energy released from an atom in nuclear reactions or by radioactive decay: esp. the energy released in nuclear fission or nuclear fusion

See nuclear energy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The energy released by a nuclear reaction, especially by fission or fusion.
  2. Nuclear energy regarded as a source of power. Also called atomic energy.

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