Pile

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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. </dd>

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use