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

Navy threw a new and disturbing factor into Russian calculations with the announcement that some time this year California's Mare Island Navy Yard will begin construction of the world's first atom-powered, guided missile submarine.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

While mum on what the reactor is being developed for, Convair is aiming at something besides an atom-powered bomber.

From Time Magazine Archive

The atom-powered Radiant Hope could no more make a planetary landing than the chemically-powered ships.

From Atom Drive by Fontenay, Charles Louis