atom-powered

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The government saves his life by rebuilding his body with atom-powered artificial limbs and other parts, giving him superhuman strength and speed and other powers.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017

Last week the atom-powered dream plane was one step closer to reality; the Air Force announced that it had contracted with Consolidated Vultee for an airframe to carry a nuclear-reaction engine.

From Time Magazine Archive

In existing offensive weapons delivery systems, both sides have intercontinental bombers, land-based ICBMs and atom-powered submarines with sea-launched nuclear missiles.

From Time Magazine Archive

At a cost of $1.3 billion over five years, De Gaulle's program would provide 50 medium-range bombers, a handful of atomic missiles and an atom-powered sub.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rest of his years would be spent in a cubicle in some atom-powered plant, where he'd have his own button to push for two hours every day.

From The Executioner by Riley, Frank