Meaning of nucleocracy | Babel Free

Definitions

The technocrats and technocratic structures involved in the production of nuclear energy.

uncountable

Examples

“There is more of this nonsense of nucleocracy. For decades, the Indian nuclear energy establishment has derided and discounted any criticism of the risky working of nearly all its reactors.”

“The critics of French “nucleocracy” are quite clearly the driving force behind the continuing remembrance of Chernobyl.”

“It is as if the term “nucleocracy” was invented for France: the power of the atom, born from the close interrelationship between the ubiquitous nuclear technology, centralised power structures, and a state-controlled energy economy.”

CEFR level