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.

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Delayed neutrons make an atomic pile possible: they allow time for adjusting its speed of reaction.

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Since the 1936 edition, the physicists too have been busy producing words and expressions for everyday use, e.g., atomic pile, chain reaction, Einstein equation and fissionable.

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At this heady point a sobering word came from famed Physicist Dr. Fr�d�ric Joliot-Curie, who tends France's atomic pile, known as "Zoe," at Fort de Ch�tillon.

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An important breakthrough occurred in a squash court under the west stands of the University of Chicago’s Stagg Field, where Enrico Fermi had erected an atomic pile.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik