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atomic pile
noun as in nuclear reactor
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Inside this anchor tube ran the thick coaxial cable that fed three-phase electric power from the atomic pile to the ship.
From Project Gutenberg
Trailing the wheel ten miles off, was the atomic pile, directly attached to its anchor tube.
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Look, you know how an atomic pile works—essentially just like an atomic bomb.
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The atomic pile levers were still at their proper calibration.
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This ship is powered by a nuclear reactor—in other words, an atomic pile.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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