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Definition of 'astronuclear'

English

Adjective

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  • Of or pertaining to the applications of nuclear physics to space, as for example in nuclear space propulsion.
  • * {{quote-news|year=2007|date=January 17|author=Dennis Hevesi|title=John W. Simpson, 92, Dies; Pioneer of Nuclear Power|work=New York Times citation
  • |passage=In the late 1950s, he organized the company’s astronuclear laboratory, which won the federal government’s first contract to develop a nuclear reactor for rocket propulsion. }}

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