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- adjective In favour of the use of nuclear
energy and the building of nuclearpower plants
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Examples
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The other, known as pro-nuclear transfer, involves transplanting the genetic material from a fertilised egg from the patient into a healthy "empty" fertilised egg from a donor, which has had its nuclear genetic material removed.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Public outrage has been fanned by subsequent acknowledgment by the governor of Saga that he privately advised utility executives on soliciting pro-nuclear support.
Scandal Taints Japan Nuclear Sector Chester Dawson 2011
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The once pro-nuclear chancellor's reversal failed to prevent the Greens from winning power in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, for decades a conservative bastion.
Germany's Greens: From Hippies to Hip Patrick McGroarty 2011
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That signals a more pro-nuclear stance than that of Mr. Kan, a former nuclear-industry champion who has turned vocal critic and delayed restarting idled reactors.
Hopefuls Skirt Nuclear-Power Issue Chester Dawson 2011
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Never hear the pro-nuclear rightwingnuts talking about that though.
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Furukawa now says that he urged the executives at that meeting to line up supportive voices from the industry in advance of the June 26 event and "use the Internet" during the public forum, to ensure that pro-nuclear views got an airing.
Scandal Taints Japan Nuclear Sector Chester Dawson 2011
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The Fukushima reactor crisis following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan caught the pro-nuclear CDU off guard and benefited the anti-nuclear Greens, analysts say.
German Coalition Takes Hit Marcus Walker 2011
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White House officials held their ground on Mr. Obama's pro-nuclear energy strategy.
Obama's Energy Policy Faces Pressure Jonathan Weisman 2011
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Ms. Merkel's speedy reversal of her pro-nuclear stance in the past two weeks, including her decision to mothball Germany's oldest nuclear reactors, failed to convince voters, who widely saw it as an election-driven tactic, opinion polls last week suggested.
German Coalition Takes Hit Marcus Walker 2011
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As editorialists picked up their pens yesterday, Angela Merkel qualified her pro-nuclear leanings, putting all her plans up for review and suggesting that everything needed thinking through afresh after the Japanese flood.
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