atomic pile

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But the polonium, which is made by radiating bismuth in an atomic pile, costs about $10 per curie.

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

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

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

There were two methods to choose from: a cyclotrongenerated neutron beam or a chain-reacting atomic pile.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik