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English
Pronunciation
Noun
nuclear power (countable and uncountable, plural nuclear powers)
- (uncountable) Power, especially electrical power, obtained using nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.
- (countable) A nation that possesses nuclear weapons.
Synonyms
Translations
power from nuclear reactions
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 核動力 / 核动力 (zh) (hédònglì)
- Danish: atomkraft (da), a-kraft (da), kernekraft (da)
- Dutch: kernenergie (nl) m, atoomenergie (nl) m
- Erzya: товвий (tovvij)
- Faroese: kjarnorka f
- Finnish: ydinvoima (fi), ydinsähkö (fi)
- French: énergie nucléaire (fr) f
- German: Kernkraft (de) f, Atomkraft (de) f, Nuklearenergie f
- Gujarati: અણુશક્તિ (aṇuśakti)
- Hindi: परमाणु शक्ति (parmāṇu śakti), नाभिकीय शक्ति (nābhikīya śakti), आण्विक शक्ति (āṇvik śakti), नाभिकीय ऊर्जा (nābhikīya ūrjā)
- Icelandic: kjarnorka (is) f
- Irish: cumhacht núicléach f, cumhacht adamhach f
- Italian: energia nucleare f
- Japanese: 原子力 (ja) (げんしりょく, genshi-ryoku)
- Norman: pouvé nucléaire m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kjernekraft m or f, atomkraft m or f
- Nynorsk: kjernekraft f, atomkraft f
- Portuguese: poder nuclear m
- Punjabi: ਪਰਮਾਣੂ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ f (parmāṇū śaktī)
- Russian: я́дерная эне́ргия f (jádernaja enérgija)
- Spanish: energía nuclear (es) f
- Swahili: nguvu ya nyuklia
- Swedish: kärnkraft (sv) c
- Welsh: pŵer niwclear m
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nation with nuclear weapons