nuclear power industry
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːklɪər paʊər ˈɪndəstri/
- Specialized
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industria de energía nuclear
- About 20% of the electricity generated in the country comes from the nuclear power industry.
Examples
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A valve manufacturer in Massachusetts is moving into a newer and larger factory to prepare for increased demand from the nuclear power industry.
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It's pretty clear that Iran is using their plans to develop a commercial nuclear power industry to cover up the development of weapons.
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To give another example, the role of the French government in developing a nuclear power industry.
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Early on in the development of the nuclear power industry, the remaining energy in the waste was viewed as a valuable potential resource.
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His accomplishments include the establishment of a nuclear products group during the early days of the nuclear power industry.
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Traces of this sort of entrepreneurial spirit are becoming evident in the nuclear power industry.
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Abstract: Nuclear waste has long been the Achilles' heel of the civilian nuclear power industry.
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In addition to urging legislative support and funding for FOAKE, the task force made two other recommendations to help rejuvenate the nuclear power industry:
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Baumgartner and Jones (1993) illustrate this process in their discussion of U.S. policies toward the nuclear power industry.
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For instance, the traditional vendors in the nuclear power industry all have much at stake with their solid-fuel designs, including lucrative fuel fabrication contracts.
Academic text (2010)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward modifier–noun composition: 'nuclear' (relating to atomic energy) modifies 'power' (energy), and 'industry' denotes the sector producing goods or services, so the meaning 'the sector producing energy from nuclear sources' is directly derivable from the parts. This composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Nuclear power industry comes from the idea of splitting the tiny center of an atom to release a lot of energy. nuclear means from the atom, power means energy, and industry means the companies that make and use that energy. So, nuclear power industry means the group of businesses that make 'electricity' from atomic energy.