atomic pile
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But the polonium, which is made by radiating bismuth in an atomic pile, costs about $10 per curie.
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The tenth anniversary of the first chain reaction in an atomic pile was celebrated at: 1.
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When Oak Ridge released the radioactive byproducts of its atomic pile for private use in 1946, few U.S. businessmen paid much attention.
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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.
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Sure enough, conflict between them broke open at the end of January, when Lawrence appeared in Chicago with a proposal to centralize all the plutonium and isotope work, including the atomic pile, at Berkeley.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
