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 (not comparable) ( 1 biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. 2  Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. 3  Pertaining to the atomic nucleus.  Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). [from 20th c.] a nuclear reactor. nuclear technology. Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.] a nuclear explosion.