nuclear technology
Atom-splitting science field
Nuclear technology encompasses methods for harnessing energy from atomic nuclei—through fission (splitting atoms) or fusion (combining them).
The term covers both civilian applications like power generation and medical imaging, and military uses like weapons development.
The country is pursuing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
The phrase often carries geopolitical weight, since the same knowledge enables reactors and bombs.
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- energyPower to do work
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
reactor core · cooling tower · fission · powerplant · plutonium · physics · chain reaction · fusion · fuel rods · critical mass · isotopes · neutron · meltdown · half-life · atomic · atom bomb · mushroom cloud · IAEA
- Nuclearatomic bomb, atomic bombs, uranium, reactors, fission
- nuclear energyuranium, plutonium, fission, fusion, reactor core
- manufacturingfactories, factory, car factory, assembly plants, electronics factory
- French exportswine, Bordeaux, Burgundy, cheese, Camembert
- Industrial Revolutionsteam engine, railroad, factory, coal, iron
- Nuclear Poweruranium, plutonium, fission, reactor core, fuel rods
nuclear technologyfossil fuels
Combustible prehistoric organic deposits
coal power · coal-fired power · natural gas · oil · coal
nuclear technologymanual labor
Work done bodily
windmills · simple machines · waterwheels · hand tools · muscle power
nuclear technologyconventional weapons
Non-WMD military equipment
conventional warfare · small arms · hand-to-hand combat · medical technology · agricultural technology
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