nuclear power station

English

Noun

nuclear power station (plural nuclear power stations)

1. A power station that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.
   • 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20:

     For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.

Synonyms

• nuclear power plant

Hypernyms

• power station
• power plant

Translations

type of power station — see nuclear power plant