nuclear energy (redirected from Thermonuclear energy)

nuclear energy

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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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nuclear energy

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(Physics / Nuclear Physics) energy released during a nuclear reaction as a result of fission or fusion Also called atomic energy

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nuclear energy

1. The energy released by the nucleus of an atom as the result of nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, or radioactive decay. The amount of energy released by the nuclear fission of a given mass of uranium is about 2,500,000 times greater than that released by the combustion of an equal mass of carbon. And the amount of energy released by the nuclear fusion of a given mass of deuterium is about 400 times greater that that released by the nuclear fission of an equal mass of uranium. Also called atomic energy.

2. Electricity generated by a nuclear reactor.

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All forms of energy released in the course of a nuclear fission or nuclear transformation.

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nuclear energy - the energy released by a nuclear reaction atomic energy atomic power, nuclear power - nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use) energy, free energy - (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs; "energy can take a wide variety of forms"