atomic pile
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Chita Rivera is a one-woman atomic pile, and her dances are radioactive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Delayed neutrons make an atomic pile possible: they allow time for adjusting its speed of reaction.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the polonium, which is made by radiating bismuth in an atomic pile, costs about $10 per curie.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Oak Ridge released the radioactive byproducts of its atomic pile for private use in 1946, few U.S. businessmen paid much attention.
From Time Magazine Archive
Progress on the atomic pile gave reason for optimism, but Fermi—unhappily relocated to Chicago on Compton’s orders—was still building only prototypes.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
