atomic power

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The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said attacks near Iran's Bushehr atomic power plant "pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop".

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Today, Germany gets almost half of its electricity from renewables - 44% in 2022, according to the Federal Statistical Office - and just 6% from atomic power.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2023

The plant, one of the 10 biggest atomic power stations in the world, has been occupied by Russian forces since the early stages of the war.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022

As befit the man who had challenged Ernest Rutherford’s disparagement of atomic power as “moonshine” back in 1933, Ernest Lawrence’s first instinct was to take the news of fission as vindication.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik