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.

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

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