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Nuclear power in the United States — For a comprehensive list of U.S. plants, see List of nuclear reactors. NRC regions and locations of nuclear reactors, 2008 Main article: Nuclear power As of 2008, nuclear power in the United States is provided by 104 commercial reactors (69 … Wikipedia
chemist — chem‧ist [ˈkemst] also chemist s noun [countable] shop where you can buy medicines, beauty products etc; = DRUGSTORE AmE * * * chemist UK US /ˈkemɪst/ noun [C] ► a person who studies chemistry, or a scientist who works with chemicals … Financial and business terms
Nuclear fission — For the generation of electrical power by fission, see Nuclear power. Splitting the atom redirects here. For the EP, see Splitting the Atom. Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusio … Wikipedia
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nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force … Universalium
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Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of carbohydrates — Carbohydrate NMR Spectroscopy is the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to structural and conformational analysis of carbohydrates. This tool allows the carbohydrate chemist to determine the structure of monosaccharides… … Wikipedia
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