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non-nuclear

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adjective

  1. not of, concerned with, or operated by energy from fission or fusion of atomic nuclei

    non-nuclear weapons

  2. not involving, concerned with, or possessing nuclear weapons

    non-nuclear states

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It was founded at the start of 2025 with the aim of building the world’s largest data-center campus, and says it remains on course to begin producing power from non-nuclear sources by 2026.

From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025

Around the world, any number of U.S. allies are also questioning their non-nuclear status.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Kyiv would also have to commit to being a "non-nuclear state".

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

In return for Ukraine’s cooperation in becoming a non-nuclear state and joining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation pact, the three countries gave Ukraine security assurances.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2025

In the same period, there was a burgeoning international trade in the devastating non-nuclear weapons coyly called “conventional.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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