After the instrumentation was reset, Fermi told Weil to remove the rod another six inches. The pile was still subcritical. The intensity was increasing slowly - when suddenly there was a very loud crash! The safety rod, ZIP, had been automatically released. Its relay had been activated by an ionization chamber because the intensity had exceeded the arbitrary level at which it had been set. It was 11:30 a.m., and Fermi said, "I'm hungry. Let's go to lunch. Albert Wattenberg
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In this story, an accident occurs at a nuclear power plant. The group of technicians and scientists witness a very powerful explosion. After the incident, they began to investigate the cause of the explosion. They looked for a way to prevent a similar incident from happening again.

In this process, one of the engineers discovered a problem in the system. While they were discussing what caused the explosion, they suddenly realized that they had been eating lunch without realizing it.

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