- Electric or motive power generated by a nuclear reactor
- Nuclear power is produced by controlled (i.e., non-explosive) nuclear reactions. Commercial and utility plants currently use nuclear fission reactions to heat water to produce steam, which is then used to generate electricity.
- (Nuclear-powered) A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate, and control, a sustained nuclear chain reaction. The most common use of nuclear reactors is for the generation of electrical power (see Nuclear power) and for the power in some ships (see Nuclear marine propulsion).
- A country that has nuclear weapons
- atomic power: nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)
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- A state in the eastern central US; pop. 12,419,293; capital, Springfield; statehood, Dec. 3, 1818 (21). Colonized by the French in the 1600s and ceded to Britain in 1763, it was acquired by the US in 1783
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
- Illinois , is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country.
- a midwestern state in north-central United States
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- A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll
- A place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place
- (plant) put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; “Let’s plant flowers in the garden”
- (plant) buildings for carrying on industrial labor; “they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles”
- A small organism of this kind, as distinct from a shrub or tree
- (plant) (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
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Rock River overlooking the Byron Nuclear Power Plant
Ogle County, Illinois.
Rock River is located in this photo at Oregon, Illinois. The nuclear power plant is located in Byron, Illinois.
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A nuclear power plant in Illinois. Notice how the steam seems to blend in with the clouds,
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN ILLINOIS 