Nuclear energy
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Nuclear energy may refer to:
- Nuclear power, the use of sustained nuclear fission or fusion to generate heat and electricity
- Of the two, fusion is not commercially viable. Cold fusion is not believed to be viable, and 'hot (thermonuclear) fusion' is expensive and requires massive heat to make up its energy costs.
- Nuclear binding energy, the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom
- Nuclear potential energy, the potential energy of the particles inside an atomic nucleus
- Nuclear Energy (sculpture), a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore in the University of Chicago
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