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nuclear

[noo-klee-er, nyoo-, -kyuh-ler] / ˈnu kli ər, ˈnyu-, -kyə lər /




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Before her disappearance, Casias, 53, worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where leading defensive nuclear research is conducted and where the world's first atomic weapons were developed during World War II.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

No agreement was that close, the officials said, noting Iran hadn’t made a serious offer to limit its nuclear work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Karen Lester, the daughter of an Aboriginal man who went blind due to British nuclear tests in South Australia in the 1950s, will also be one of the inquiry's commissioners.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Countries have been wrestling with what to do with dangerous nuclear by-products since the first plants were built in the 1950s.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

That’s the shape of the nuclear plant where Homer Simpson works, and it’s a common shape for nuclear plant cooling towers.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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