nonnuclear
Americanadjective
Pronunciation
See nuclear.
Etymology
Origin of nonnuclear
Example Sentences
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Federal regulators last month gave TerraPower the greenlight for construction of a nuclear plant on a site where it had been building nonnuclear support facilities for nearly two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The exclusive deal with the global investment firm KKR is part of PG&E’s plan to transfer its nonnuclear power generation to a newly formed subsidiary, Pacific Generation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
Authors of a 2019 study suggested that divorce isn’t as big a deal to kids who know many nonnuclear families.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2022
The U.N.'s Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, advanced by civil society in partnership with nonnuclear states, came into force in January 2021.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2022
If I remembered correctly, and I almost always remembered correctly, it was called Minor Scale, and it was the largest nonnuclear explosion ever detonated.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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