原子力発電所(げんしりょくはつでんしょ)

げんしりょくはつでんしょ
noun
nuclear power plant
technologybuildingscience
1. nuclear power plant; nuclear power station
A power station that generates electricity from nuclear fission. In speech and news it is almost always shortened to 原発(げんぱつ), which since the 2011 Fukushima accident has been at the center of political debate.
原子力発電所(げんしりょくはつでんしょ)が停止(ていし)した。
The nuclear power plant shut down.
この町(まち)には原子力発電所(げんしりょくはつでんしょ)がある。
There is a nuclear power plant in this town.
After the earthquake, safety inspections were carried out at nuclear power plants across the country.

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