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[noo-klee-er, nyoo-, -kyuh-ler] / ˈnu kli ər, ˈnyu-, -kyə lər /




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It has promised to generate enough electricity to match what many states produce, largely with natural gas-fired equipment and four large nuclear reactors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

“There will be an M.B.A. case study written about what you guys pulled off—I’m telling you,” Perry said to Neugebauer onstage at an October nuclear power conference.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

A power purchasing agreement with nuclear energy start-up Helion Energy was flagged as particularly worrisome, given the firm has yet to ever deliver any power.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Constellation Energy received up to $17.3 million for a New York site permit, targeting 1 gigawatt of new nuclear capacity.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

If they’re released during a nuclear accident, the same neutrons that ping around inside the nuclear reactor breaking apart uranium atoms can careen through a worker’s body.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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