atomic pile
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But when Greenewalt landed in Chicago, where the first atomic pile was being built at the University of Chicago, the scientists thought differently.
From Time Magazine Archive
Delayed neutrons make an atomic pile possible: they allow time for adjusting its speed of reaction.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ordinary steel rings are put in the AEC's atomic pile at Oak Ridge and "cooked" for a month in neutrons.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this cave, Heisenberg had been trying to build an atomic pile, similar to the one made by Enrico Fermi on the squash court in Chicago.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
