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Pile

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000370

A colloquial term describing the first nuclear reactors. They are called piles because the earliest reactors were "piles" of graphite and uranium blocks.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000370
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000370",
  "term": "Pile",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "A colloquial term describing the first nuclear reactors. They are called piles because the earliest reactors were \"piles\" of graphite and uranium blocks.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/pile/"
}

Record 370 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.