Long-term zero-balance credit cards: Filers who have had no balance on a credit card for a period of several years before a bankruptcy filing may not have to list this card in their bankruptcy petition.
nuclear energy. noun. 1  The energy released by a nuclear reaction, especially by fission or fusion. 2  Nuclear energy regarded as a source of power. 3  Also called atomic energy. plant for the production of atomic or nuclear energy. A plant for the production of atomic or nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is a source of power which is created from energy released by a nuclear reaction.
nuclear. adj. 1. (General Physics) of, concerned with, or involving the nucleus of an atom: nuclear fission. 2. (Biology) biology of, relating to, or contained within the nucleus of a cell: a nuclear membrane. 3. of, relating to, forming, or resembling any other kind of nucleus. 4. (General Physics) of, concerned with, or operated by energy from fission or fusion of atomic nuclei: a nuclear weapon.