pro-nuclear
Supporting atomic energy
Pro-nuclear means favoring nuclear technology, especially nuclear power or nuclear weapons.
Someone who is pro-nuclear supports building nuclear plants for energy generation or maintaining nuclear arsenals for defense: The senator has been consistently pro-nuclear throughout her career.
The term often appears in debates about energy policy and climate change, where pro-nuclear advocates argue for nuclear power as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels.
Eliminating fossil fuel emissions
- carbon-freeProducing no CO2
- low-carbonMinimal CO2 output
- baseloadMinimum continuous power demand
- electrificationConversion to powered systems
Supporters of a position
- advocatesThose who support causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- endorsementFormal expression of support
backing · promotion · campaign · movement · activism · supporters · alliance · coalition
Prolonged public disagreement
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- criticismJudgment of faults
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
skepticism · contention · dispute · disagreement · backlash · scrutiny · argument · Chernobyl
decarbonization
Eliminating fossil fuel emissions
- carbon-freeProducing no CO2
- low-carbonMinimal CO2 output
- baseloadMinimum continuous power demand
proponents
Supporters of a position
- advocatesThose who support causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
endorsement · backing · promotion · campaign · movement · activism · supporters · alliance · coalition · enthusiasm
controversy
Prolonged public disagreement
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- criticismJudgment of faults
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
polarization · skepticism · contention · dispute · disagreement · backlash · scrutiny · argument · Chernobyl · Fukushima
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
pro-nuclearanti-nuclear
Opposed to atomic energy
antinuclear · nuclear-free · NIMBY · pacifist
pro, nuclear, nucleus, nuclei, nucleic, nucleotide, nucleotides, nucleolus, antinuclear