nuclear power station

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nuclear power station

noun nuclear power stations

  1. A power station that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions. For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the

    Similar: nuclear power plant

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@misc{nuclear_power_station_2026,
  title = {nuclear power station},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nuclear%20power%20station},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}