atomic pile
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Gangling John Henry is a goodhearted scientist who has discovered a mildly radioactive substance called Taurum while experimenting with gold at an atomic pile.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the polonium, which is made by radiating bismuth in an atomic pile, costs about $10 per curie.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
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
In this cave, Heisenberg had been trying to build an atomic pile, similar to the one made by Enrico Fermi on the squash court in Chicago.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
