nuclear power

English

Noun

nuclear power (countable and uncountable, plural nuclear powers)

1. (uncountable) Power, especially electrical power, obtained using nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.
2. (countable) A nation that possesses nuclear weapons.

Synonyms

• atomic power (normally sense 1)

Translations

power from nuclear reactions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核動力／核动力 (zh) (hédònglì), 核动力 (zh) (hédònglì)

• Danish: atomkraft (da), a-kraft (da), kernekraft (da)
• Dutch: kernenergie (nl) m, atoomenergie (nl) m
• Erzya: товвий (tovvij)
• Faroese: kjarnorka f
• Finnish: ydinvoima (fi), ydinsähkö (fi)
• French: énergie nucléaire (fr) f
• German: Kernkraft (de) f, Atomkraft (de) f, Nuklearenergie f
• Gujarati: અણુશક્તિ (aṇuśakti)
• Icelandic: kjarnorka (is) f
• Irish: cumhacht núicléach f, cumhacht adamhach f
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• Italian: energia nucleare (it) f
• Japanese: 原子力 (ja) (げんしりょく, genshi-ryoku)
• Norman: pouvé nucléaire m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjernekraft m or f, atomkraft m or f

  Nynorsk: kjernekraft f, atomkraft f

• Portuguese: poder nuclear m
• Russian: я́дерная эне́ргия f (jádernaja enérgija)
• Spanish: energía nuclear (es) f
• Swedish: kärnkraft (sv) c
• Welsh: pŵer niwclear m

nation with nuclear weapons

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核國家／核国家 (zh), 核国家 (zh) (héguójiā)

• Danish: atommagt
• Dutch: kernmacht (nl), kernmogendheid (nl) m
• Finnish: ydinasevalta (fi), ydinvalta
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• German: Atommacht (de) f
• Italian: potenza nucleare f
• Japanese: 核保有国 (かくほゆうこく, kakuhoyū-koku)
• Russian: я́дерная держа́ва f (jádernaja deržáva)
• Swedish: kärnvapenmakt c