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thermonuclear power

NOUN
atomic energy
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In 1968, France became the world’s fifth thermonuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2018

While research in the area of thermonuclear power is progressing, high temperatures and containment difficulties remain.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

While basking in the warmth of the summer sun, a student reads of the latest breakthrough in achieving sustained thermonuclear power and vaguely recalls hearing about the cold fusion controversy.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

This "pinch effect" is the most promising approach to thermonuclear power, but unfortunately the pinched current wriggles so violently that it tends to slam in millionths of a second against the walls of its container.

From Time Magazine Archive

In other words, we give them the fuel test; we supply a sample quantity of Z-67As—our standard thermonuclear power source.

From Membership Drive by Murray F. Yaco


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