atomic energy
noun
physics
: energy that is created by splitting apart the nuclei of atoms : nuclear energy
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Now, atomic energy's prolonged winter in the U.S. energy mix could finally be in for a thaw.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 18 July 2024
In private messages to the IAEA early last week, Iran’s atomic energy organization said Fordow was being outfitted with nearly 1,400 new centrifuges, machines used to make enriched uranium, according to two European diplomats briefed on the reports.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
The Swedish government’s goal of getting new nuclear power capacity online by the middle of the next decade is a big challenge, but one that’s attainable, according to the nation’s coordinator for the drive to revive atomic energy.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 19 June 2024
Jean Monnet, the idealistic father of the EU, did envision locking in peace and democracy by incrementally replacing nation-states with a European superstate that would wield its technocratic authority over atomic energy, coal, steel, and other war materiel.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
Introduction To implement a quantum algorithm, the researchers first encode quantum information in a pair of atomic energy levels, using lasers to switch electrons between the levels.
—Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
Republicans have traditionally backed atomic energy, but the survey found rising support among Democrats.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
So the manner in which atomic energy was unleashed on the world was certainly very personal to Oppenheimer.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 20 July 2023
Our future certainly entails living with the legacy of nuclear war, atomic energy, nuclear medicine, and space travel.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 18 July 2024
In private messages to the IAEA early last week, Iran’s atomic energy organization said Fordow was being outfitted with nearly 1,400 new centrifuges, machines used to make enriched uranium, according to two European diplomats briefed on the reports.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
The Swedish government’s goal of getting new nuclear power capacity online by the middle of the next decade is a big challenge, but one that’s attainable, according to the nation’s coordinator for the drive to revive atomic energy.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 19 June 2024
Jean Monnet, the idealistic father of the EU, did envision locking in peace and democracy by incrementally replacing nation-states with a European superstate that would wield its technocratic authority over atomic energy, coal, steel, and other war materiel.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
Introduction To implement a quantum algorithm, the researchers first encode quantum information in a pair of atomic energy levels, using lasers to switch electrons between the levels.
—Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
Republicans have traditionally backed atomic energy, but the survey found rising support among Democrats.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
So the manner in which atomic energy was unleashed on the world was certainly very personal to Oppenheimer.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 20 July 2023
Our future certainly entails living with the legacy of nuclear war, atomic energy, nuclear medicine, and space travel.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
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