atomic pile

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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 Literature

“A German prisoner,” reported Pash, “confirmed the fact that we had captured the Nazi uranium ‘machine’ as the Germans called it-—actually an atomic pile.”

From Literature

These are materials such as carbon, iodine or phosphorus that are radioactivated in atomic piles, so that they give off a steady stream of radiation waves.

From US News

In milliseconds the entire atomic pile melted, disintegrated, and was hurled upward nine feet, smashing Navy specialist Legg, who was standing on the top, into the concrete ceiling, impaling him on a bolt.

From Newsweek

Nor can they be slowed down by letting them collide with the nuclei of a "moderator" material, as neutrons are slowed in atomic piles.

From Scientific American