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nuclear

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




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In 2024, U.S. intelligence officials said for the first time in years that Iran was carrying out activities that would better enable it to produce a nuclear weapon should it decide to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Guggenheim and Morgan Stanley initiated positive coverage, citing industrial decarbonization and next-generation nuclear technology.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

This is a Bible story updated for today, when the Bible might as well contain the nuclear launch codes.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Army Air Forces in World War II, wanted to know how rockets, satellites, jet engines and nuclear weapons might change warfare in the postwar world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In a fully functioning nuclear reactor, trillions of atoms are fissioning at any point in time.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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