nuclear physicist
- a word derived from nuclear physics.
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The following year, the State Department renamed the gathering after a now-retired U.S. nuclear physicist who helped advise the Iran deal negotiations.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
Board members include Ernest Moniz, a former U.S. energy secretary and nuclear physicist, and longtime investor Michael Schwab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Fr Austin Eustace was also a nuclear physicist and established the world-famous Tyrone Crystal factory.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Lapp was a nuclear physicist who had multiple degrees including a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Luis Alvarez was an eminent nuclear physicist; he had won the Nobel Prize for physics the previous decade.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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