Nuclear electric power

Nuclear electric power
(nuclear power)
  Electricity generated by the use of the thermal energy released from the fission of nuclear fuel in a reactor.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

Energy terms . 2014.

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