Phenomena and Processes

Nuclear Energy

Energy released by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.

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Abstract

Energy released by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Atomic Energy
  • Energy, Atomic
  • Energy, Nuclear

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS is also available

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History Note

82; was ATOMIC ENERGY (Cat H heading only) 1963-81

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  1. G01w.536w
  2. N06.230w.132w.580w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nuclear Energy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009678. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009678
  2. Nuclear Energy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
  3. Nuclear Energy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12739