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.
free energy (Gibbs free energy (G)) the energy equal to the maximum amount of work that can be obtained from a process occurring under conditions of fixed temperature and pressure. nuclear energy energy that can be liberated by changes in the nucleus of an atom (as by fission of a heavy nucleus or by fusion of light nuclei into heavier ones with accompanying loss of mass).