How to Use nuclear in a Sentence

nuclear

adjective
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  • So the wind farm will equal about 1/3 of the nuclear plant’s output.
    — Diana Furchtgott-Roth, National Review, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Inside the bomb pit that was used to load nuclear test shapes on to the Enola Gay.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The blinding flash, combined with the funnel cloud whirling above it, gives the impression of a nuclear blast.
    — John Vaillant, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • But modern nuclear weapons are not the same as how the media depicted them 40 years ago; a lot has changed.
    — Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The Biden administration wants to see dozens of these small nuclear plants built in cities and towns around the country.
    — wsj.com, 12 May 2023
  • All the background actors in the movie were nuclear scientists.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Except one of these guys reaches millions of viewers and the other has nuclear weapons.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Nor will people who want to use AI to design nuclear weapons and bioterror attacks.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, was seized by Russia’s troops in the first weeks of their 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    — Volodymyr Verbianyi, Bloomberg.com, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The tale of a boy and an alien robot is not only a story of friendship but a commentary on the Cold War era in which it is set and on nuclear madness as well.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • North Korea is also thought to be preparing for its seventh nuclear test, which would be its first since 2017.
    — Stella Kim, NBC News, 12 July 2023
  • Musk had refused due to concerns that Russia would launch a nuclear attack in response.
    — Tara Copp, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • After the first test flight of the cruise missile on Jan. 24, the state media outlet said the missile could eventually carry nuclear weapons.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Each move and countermove shaves away the time available for leaders to decide how to respond to a possible nuclear strike.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2023
  • Medvedev has threatened nuclear strikes on Ukraine before.
    — Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 12 Jan. 2024
  • These guys were thinking about the geopolitical implications of nuclear arms and knew a lot about it.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 May 2023
  • The Saudis are seeking a defense pact with the United States and want help in building their own civilian nuclear program, which has fueled fears of an arms race with Iran.
    — Julia Frankel and Isabel Debre The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Thus, one of the most efficient ingredients for making a nuclear weapon was born.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • How is Christopher Nolan going to pull off a nuclear explosion?
    — Vulture, 8 May 2023
  • Japan began releasing water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, the site of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters, last week.
    — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That includes offshore wind farms, new nuclear plants and efforts to upgrade electric grids.
    — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • This was code for saying that the United States should destroy its nuclear weapons before Moscow agreed to any inspection regime.
    — Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
  • This is a critical step toward large-scale deployment of advanced nuclear plants in the United States.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The rugged two-square-mile island has hundreds of Cold War-era bunkers and tunnels designed to withstand nuclear attack and has been largely vacant since the end of the Soviet Union.
    — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Then, barely two weeks ago, Mr. Xi replaced the top commanders in China’s elite nuclear missile force.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The feature follows the Pentagon Papers leaker’s efforts to raise an alarm about the threat of a devastating nuclear war.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
  • Hiroyuki Shinju, a lawyer, noted Japan and Germany also carried out wartime atrocities, even as the nuclear threat grows around the world.
    — Yuri Kageyama, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
  • That came after then-President Donald Trump had held a joint summit with Kim and promised to end the country's nuclear escalation.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 21 July 2023
  • Amichai Eliyahu, the Jerusalem affairs and heritage minister, suggested dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Duke Energy gets much of its energy from natural gas, coal, and nuclear, Brooks said.
    — Erin Mansfield, The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2024

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