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Pile
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The term pile comes from the first nuclear reactor, which was made by
piling up graphite blocks and pieces of uranium and uranium oxide. The term
reactor is now more commonly used.
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References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
