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ATOMIC PILE
ATOMIC PILE
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a device that starts and maintains a controlled
nuclear
chain
reaction in a material that can undergo
nuclear fission
(the splitting of the
nuclei
of
atoms
with the
release
of great amounts of
energy
), used for the
production
of
energy
or of more such material. Also called a
nuclear reactor
.
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