atom-powered

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The government saves his life by rebuilding his body with atom-powered artificial limbs and other parts, giving him superhuman strength and speed and other powers.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017

Last week the atom-powered dream plane was one step closer to reality; the Air Force announced that it had contracted with Consolidated Vultee for an airframe to carry a nuclear-reaction engine.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Navy has money and plans for two more atom-powered subs, expects Congress will approve three additional A-subs in the next budget.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dwight Eisenhower was talking about his plan for an atom-powered merchant ship to dramatize his "atoms for peace" program.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rest of his years would be spent in a cubicle in some atom-powered plant, where he'd have his own button to push for two hours every day.

From The Executioner by Riley, Frank