All 8 Uses

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Visibility was moderate; through the periscope he saw a pall of smoke drifting up above the city and formed the opinion that at least one nuclear explosion had taken place there within the last few days.†
Chpt 1

nuclear = relating to the central or most important part of something
The nuclear fuel required for U.S.S. Scorpion was not available in Australia at the time of her arrival, but it could be prepared.†
Chpt 1
She stayed idle for some time while her nuclear fuel was prepared till, six months previously, she had been restored to operational mobility.†
Chpt 1
She then made a cruise to Rio de Janeiro, carrying supplies of fuel for another American nuclear submarine that had taken refuge there, and returned to Melbourne to undergo a fairly extensive refit in the dockyard.†
Chpt 1
Nuclear bombs, I mean.†
Chpt 3
They only found out it was Egyptian after we'd bombed Leningrad and Odessa and the nuclear establishments at Kharkov, Kuibyshev, and Molotov.†
Chpt 3
After all, if he commands a nuclear-powered submarine he ought to be able to learn to shovel silage.†
Chpt 4 *
It's always tricky to go nosing around in waters where there may have been a nuclear explosion," he said.†
Chpt 5

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