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Atomic power

noun

Nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use). Synonym: nuclear power.

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... cry from reality, or even the usual escapism," said the banker. "Confidentially, I happen to know that it will be years—perhaps decades—before we make any live contact with the other planets. Our national interests demand that we prevent atomic power from superseding older methods before investments have realized on their holdings to the fullest extent. And it is upon development of atomic power ...

— Reel Life Films • Samuel Kimball Merwin

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... clothing allowed him access to the closed shelves where the history books were kept. But the books themselves were disappointing. Most of them were Earth's ancient history, from earliest beginnings to the dawn of atomic power. Barrent skimmed through them. As he read, some memories of prior reading returned to him. He was able to jump quickly from Periclean Greece to Imperial Rome, to Charlemagne and the Dark Ages, from the Norman Conquest to the Thirty Years' War, and then to a rapid survey of the Napoleonic ...

— The Status Civilization • Robert Sheckley

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