Meaning of nucleocrat | Babel Free

Definitions

An expert in nuclear energy.

derogatory, usually

Examples

“For instance, Jean Syrota, a French 'nucleocrat' and the head of the DIGEC ('Direction generale du gaz, de l'électricité et du charbon' within the ministry), and the CEO of COGEMA, a nuclear waste⟳ recycling company (Van de Hoven and Froschauer 2004: 1094), was named president of the newly instuted CRE.”

“Because even at the maximum level of nucleocrat ambitions, the effects on the climate are of marginal concern⟳.”

“Although the people I was talking to assured me that Mr Lochard was not a nucleocrat and that he did useful work⟳ with the inhabitants of the contaminated territories, my curiosity was pîqued.”

“A thought for our companions in jail, among them Alfredo, an Italian anarchist who shot a nucleocrat.”

CEFR level