atomic power

American  

noun

1. nuclear power.

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atomic power British  

noun

1. another name for nuclear power

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Etymology

Origin of atomic power

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Public anxiety about atomic power remains substantial in a country prone to earthquakes.

From The Wall Street Journal

After 70 years of atomic power, there is still disagreement over what to do with the accumulated radioactive waste - some of which will remain hazardous for hundreds of thousands of years.

From BBC

Further north, at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture, the world’s largest atomic power plant by power capacity, the quake caused water to spill from fuel pools of two reactors.

From Seattle Times

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has reversed Japan’s nuclear energy phaseout plan, instead looking to use atomic power as key energy supply accounting to more than one-fifth of the country’s energy supply.

From Seattle Times

The Leningrad station is Russia's biggest atomic power plant.

From Reuters

Related Words

• atomic energy
• nuclear power