nuclear industry
Power from fission
The nuclear industry encompasses businesses and organizations involved in nuclear power generation, uranium mining and enrichment, reactor construction, fuel processing, and radioactive waste management.
It includes both civilian energy production and weapons-related activities: The nuclear industry faces challenges from renewable energy competition.
The term often appears in policy debates about energy security and environmental impact.
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- power plantFacility producing electrical energy
- tokamakPlasma confinement device
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
chain reaction · plutonium · atomic energy · breeder reactor · spent fuel · thorium · meltdown · yellowcake · fusion · containment · reprocessing · radiotherapy · decommissioning · PET scan · radiocarbon dating · turbine · coolant · radiation exposure
- Ural Region
- state enterprisesstate enterprises, Amtrak, BBC, public enterprises, USPS
- Saskatchewan HistorySaskatoon, NDP, grain elevators, homesteading, prairie settlement
nuclear industryfossil fuel industry
coal industry · petroleum industry · oil industry · coal mining · oil and gas industry
nuclear industrysustainable energy
Inexhaustible, eco-friendly power sources
nuclear industryrooftop solar
Home-installed sun-power system
nuclear, industry, nucleus, nuclei, nucleic, nucleotide, nucleotides, nucleolus, nukes