nuke plant

Fission power station

A nuke plant is a nuclear power plant—a facility that generates electricity through nuclear fission.

The term is informal and often appears in news coverage or casual discussion: They're proposing a new nuke plant outside the city.

The shortening carries no particular connotation; it's simply quicker to say.

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fission · control rods · cooling tower · fuel rods · spent fuel · decommissioning · meltdown · radiation leak · power · chain reaction · critical mass · half-life · dosimeter · plutonium · fallout · turbine · radiation sickness · exclusion zone

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energy source type

nuke plantsolar farm

Grid-scale photovoltaic installation

wind farm · coal plant · hydroelectric dam · natural gas plant · rooftop solar

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG