atomic pile
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The fearful light at Alamagordo and the bombing of Hiroshima are well contrived; but the fine opportunities for suspense�e.g., the trial run in the atomic pile under Stagg Field�are largely bungled.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tenth anniversary of the first chain reaction in an atomic pile was celebrated at: 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tracerlab also began marketing elements which had been made radioactive by insertion in the Oak Ridge atomic pile.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wafers of cobalt the size of a 25� piece were put in the Canadian atomic pile at Chalk River, Ont. and left there for two years to be bombarded with neutrons and made highly radioactive.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were two methods to choose from: a cyclotrongenerated neutron beam or a chain-reacting atomic pile.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
