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nuclear power plant

NOUN
nuclear reactor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
reactor
WEAK
atomic furnace atomic pile atomic power plant atomic reactor breeder reactor chain reactor core reactor fast breeder reactor neutron factory nuclear furnace pile plutonium reactor reactor pile thermonuclear reactor uranium reactor
NOUN
power plant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
power station station
WEAK
atomic power plant generating station hydroelectric plant hydroelectric scheme power source powerhouse

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Dominion is a utility in Virginia and in the Carolinas, and its energy-generation portfolio includes natural gas-powered power plants as well as a nuclear power plant in Connecticut.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

That’s about as much as a nuclear power plant provides, or enough to power San Francisco at peak demand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night of April 26, 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Bushehr is Iran's only operational nuclear power plant and was completed with Russia's help.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Instead, Voyager relies on a small nuclear power plant, drawing hundreds of watts from the radioactive decay of a pellet of plutonium.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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