Definition of "nuclear power" []

• Power, especially electricity, the source of which is nuclear fission or fusion. (noun)
• A nation or group possessing nuclear weapons. (noun)

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• "Throughout his campaign, Mr. Mimura, an independent and backed by the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, avoided making nuclear power a campaign issue."
• "He even said something to her about a job he knew about in the area, working for Consolidated Energy Products, one of the bigger petrochemical companies that made stuff like components for nuclear power plants and plastics."
• "Fouda remembers that KSM said he had originally contemplated targeting American nuclear power plants with the hijacked planes, “and he said that later they decided to take it off the list because they were not sure if they could control the operation.”"