atomic pile

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Chita Rivera is a one-woman atomic pile, and her dances are radioactive.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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The tenth anniversary of the first chain reaction in an atomic pile was celebrated at: 1.

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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.

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

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik