nuclear submarine

English

Noun

nuclear submarine (plural nuclear submarines)

1. A submarine powered by a nuclear reactor.
   • “Nuclear Submarines and Aircraft Carriers”, in US EPA‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 March 2026:

     Nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers are powered by onboard nuclear reactors. Atoms in the nuclear reactor split, which releases energy as heat.

   • 2025 December 12, Sharon Squassoni, “How nuclear submarines could pave the way for nuclear weapons in South Korea”, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists‎^[2], archived from the original on 13 February 2026:

     The United States’ recent nuclear submarine deal with South Korea is a tightrope act for a different reason. Lost in the noise about nuclear submarines, the Trump administration has agreed to let South Korea enrich uranium and reprocess commercial nuclear spent fuel.

Translations

submarine powered by a nuclear reactor

• Arabic: غَوَّاصَة نَوَوِيَّة f (ḡawwāṣa nawawiyya)
• Bulgarian: ядрена подводница f (jadrena podvodnica)
• Catalan: submarí nuclear m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核子動力潛艇 / 核子动力潜艇 (hézǐ dònglì qiántǐng), 核動力潛艇 / 核动力潜艇 (zh) (hédònglì qiántǐng)

• Dutch: kernonderzeeër (nl) m, kernonderzeeboot m
• Estonian: aatomiallveelaev (et), tuumaallveelaev (et)
• Finnish: ydinsukellusvene (fi)
• French: sous-marin nucléaire m
• Galician: submarino nuclear m
• German: Atom-U-Boot (de) n, Atom-Unterseeboot n, Atomunterseeboot n
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: kjarnorkukafbátur m
• Italian: sottomarino nucleare m
• Japanese: 原子力潜水艦 (ja) (げんしりょくせんすいかん, genshiryoku sensuikan)
• Korean: 원자력 잠수함(原子力潛水艦) (wonjaryeok jamsuham), 핵추진 잠수함(核推進潛水艦) (haekchujin jamsuham), 핵잠수함(核潛水艦) (haekjamsuham)
• Latin: atomica navis subaquanea f
• Portuguese: submarino nuclear m
• Russian: а́томная подво́дная ло́дка (ru) f (átomnaja podvódnaja lódka)
• Spanish: submarino nuclear m
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: атомний підводний човен m (atomnyj pidvodnyj čoven)