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- 1. electric or motive power generated by a nuclear reactor.
- 2. a country that has nuclear weapons: "the confrontation between the two nuclear powers worsened"
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Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants. Nuclear decay processes are used in niche applications such as radioisotope thermoelectric... Wikipedia