atomic pile
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Tracerlab also began marketing elements which had been made radioactive by insertion in the Oak Ridge atomic pile.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tenth anniversary of the first chain reaction in an atomic pile was celebrated at: 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
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
Progress on the atomic pile gave reason for optimism, but Fermi—unhappily relocated to Chicago on Compton’s orders—was still building only prototypes.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
