atomic energy

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After the world witnessed the destructive power of the atomic bomb, the U.S. launched initiatives to harness atomic energy for commercial projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The incident comes as Japan attempts to revive its atomic energy programme, which has been stalled for more than a decade.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

These interactions can produce small shifts in atomic energy levels, and quantum spin sensors detect those shifts as pseudomagnetic fields.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2025

However, the resource-poor nation now wants to revive atomic energy to reduce its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and meet growing energy needs from artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

By 1942, however, we knew that the Germans were working feverishly to find a way to add atomic energy to all the other engines of war with which they hoped to enslave the world.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut