Definition: 1. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy. 2. Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom. 3. Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell. 4. Constituting or like a nucleus.
Use 'nuclear' in a sentence:
1. She became involved with political causes after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
2. A nuclear holocaust seemed a very real possibility in the '50s.
3. Russia is committed to destroying most of its nuclear arsenals.
4. Nuclear proliferation has returned to centre stage in international affairs.
5. This could intensify the risk of a nuclear exchange.
6. The general argued that the nuclear programme should still continue.
7. All the talk had been about the limitation of nuclear weapons.
8. They had campaigned vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament.
9. The country is frighteningly close to possessing nuclear weapons.
10. The House voted to impose a one-year moratorium on nuclear testing.
11. The government is winding down its nuclear programme.
12. Whichever way you look at it, nuclear power is the energy of the future.
13. Stalin gave an accurate assessment of the utility of nuclear weapons.
14. Local residents said it was as if there had been a nuclear explosion.
15. Exelon Corp. will explore building a new nuclear reactor downstate.
16. Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power.
17. Nuclear plants are expensive to build, though cheap to operate.
18. Brazil's constitution forbids the military use of nuclear energy.
19. They rejected a demand for the removal of all nuclear weapons.
20. You can't simply wave a wand and get rid of nuclear weapons.
21. Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.
22. All nuclear installations are subject to international safeguards.
23. There are also protocols on the testing of nuclear weapons.
24. Enriched uranium is a key component of a nuclear weapon.
25. Military and nuclear research have received the lion's share of public funding.
26. They shut down the nuclear reactor for safety reasons.
27. They were exposed to radioactive fallout during nuclear weapons tests.
28. The case for nuclear power is impressive.
29. When nuclear fuel is manufactured it is encased in metal cans.
30. The threat of nuclear escalation remains.
31. The threat of nuclear war has diminished.
32. Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort.
33. He is a strident advocate of nuclear power.
34. It will produce electricity more cheaply than a nuclear plant.
35. Nuclear power is cleaner than coal.
36. Why did people get in a flap over nuclear energy?
37. There has been a move away from nuclear energy.
38. Nuclear energy may overtake oil as the main fuel.
39. The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy.
40. He claims that several countries have developed nuclear weapons secretly.
41. A team of four was sent to scout for a nuclear test site.
42. The problem is getting rid of nuclear waste.
43. The elimination of all nuclear weapons would make the world a safer place.
44. It is already possible to start moving toward the elimination of nuclear weapons.
45. 65 percent of the 1987 budget went for nuclear weapons research and production.
46. Uranium is used to fuel nuclear plants.
47. Workers at the nuclear plant were exposed to high doses of radiation.
