"atomic pile" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the fact that the first nuclear reactor, at the University of Chicago in 1942-1943, was literally constituted by a tall pile (heap) of graphite moderator blocks. Compare also charcoal pile, a traditional improvised kiln used in charcoal making, which uses a similar basic design to contain a volatile process. The fact that English pile also is related to French pile (“battery”) (with senses of a collection of components and a power source, often both coinstantiated) has also been noted as an interesting nexus of word roots and semantic themes.",
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          "text": "1948 The second atomic pile at the Government's research establishment at Harwell . . . is expected to be brought into use this summer - The Times (London) May 11 1948 pg 2 col A"
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        "an early nuclear reactor fueled by uranium and moderated with graphite"
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          "moderated",
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        "(nuclear physics) an early nuclear reactor fueled by uranium and moderated with graphite"
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          "english": "semantically quite different from a nuclear pile",
          "word": "nuclear stockpile"
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        {
          "word": "nuclear pile"
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          "word": "mile"
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          "word": "tuumareaktor"
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        "Chicago Pile-1"
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