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So we're brainstorming and saying, "Okay, can we take nuclear reactors
and make them better?" Bill and Nathan got excited
about an old paper Lowell and Teller wrote while they were working
at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories. It was a completely different design, minimizing human error and rethinking how to contain radiation. But the biggest breakthrough: instead of using enriched uranium, Teller and Lowell imagined a way
to use depleted uranium, which can't be used for nuclear weapons. Bill said, "What about this idea
that you and Teller and some of your colleagues had?" And I said, "Yeah, there was that
and make them better?" Bill and Nathan got excited
about an old paper Lowell and Teller wrote while they were working
at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories. It was a completely different design, minimizing human error and rethinking how to contain radiation. But the biggest breakthrough: instead of using enriched uranium, Teller and Lowell imagined a way
to use depleted uranium, which can't be used for nuclear weapons. Bill said, "What about this idea
that you and Teller and some of your colleagues had?" And I said, "Yeah, there was that
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So we're brainstorming and saying,
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"Okay, can we take nuclear reactors
and make them better?"
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Bill and Nathan got excited
about an old paper Lowell and Teller wrote
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while they were working
at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories.
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It was a completely different design,
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minimizing human error and rethinking
00:00:20.978 --> 00:00:23.378
how to contain radiation.
00:00:23.647 --> 00:00:25.001
But the biggest breakthrough:
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instead of using enriched uranium,
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Teller and Lowell imagined a way
to use depleted uranium,
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which can't be used for nuclear weapons.
00:00:35.534 --> 00:00:38.162
Bill said, "What about this idea
that you and Teller
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and some of your colleagues had?"
00:00:39.997 --> 00:00:41.623
And I said, "Yeah, there was that.
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Movie Summary
A documentary that tells Bill Gates' life story as he pursues solutions to some of the world's most complex problems.
