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
Delayed neutrons make an atomic pile possible: they allow time for adjusting its speed of reaction.
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
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
There were two methods to choose from: a cyclotrongenerated neutron beam or a chain-reacting atomic pile.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
