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Oppenheimer

Now let's calculate how muchmore destructive it would have been if it were a nuclear,and...

Now let's calculate how much
more destructive it would have been if it were a nuclear,
and not a chemical, reaction

Full Transcript

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Now let's calculate how much more destructive it would have been
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if it were a nuclear, and not a chemical, reaction.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
69
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:55
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Syncopy,Universal Pictures,Atlas Entertainment,Breakheart Films,Peters Creek Entertainment

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Movie Summary

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Expressing power in terms of tons of TNT. - Oppenheimer 00:05
Expressing power in terms of tons of TNT.
Well, then... kilotons. - Oppenheimer 00:05
Well, then... kilotons.
Using U-235, the bomb will need... Ah... - Oppenheimer 00:07
Using U-235, the bomb will need... Ah...
Gadget will need a 33-pound sphere about this size. - Oppenheimer 00:06
Gadget will need a 33-pound sphere about this size.
Here's the amount of uranium Oak Ridge refined all of last month. - Oppenheimer 00:06
Here's the amount of uranium Oak Ridge refined all of l...
Now, if we can enrich these amounts, we need a way to detonate them. - Oppenheimer 00:06
Now, if we can enrich these amounts, we need a way to detona...
- How about we leave it with something new? - Such as? - Oppenheimer 00:06
- How about we leave it with something new? - Such as?
Instead of uranium or plutonium, we use hydrogen. - Oppenheimer 00:06
Instead of uranium or plutonium, we use hydrogen.
We compact the atoms together under great pressure - Oppenheimer 00:07
We compact the atoms together under great pressure
Then we'll get not kilotons, - Oppenheimer 00:06
Then we'll get not kilotons,
So how do you generate enough force to fuse hydrogen atoms? - Oppenheimer 00:06
So how do you generate enough force to fuse hydrogen atoms?
Well, since we're going to need one anyway, - Oppenheimer 00:06
Well, since we're going to need one anyway,
The isotopes issue wasn't your most important policy disagreement - Oppenheimer 00:11
The isotopes issue wasn't your most important policy di...
As colleagues, we agreed to disagree on a great many things, uh, - Oppenheimer 00:11
As colleagues, we agreed to disagree on a great many things,...
One of our B-29s over the North Pacific has detected radiation. - Oppenheimer 00:06
One of our B-29s over the North Pacific has detected radiati...
Are those the long-range detection filter papers? - Oppenheimer 00:05
Are those the long-range detection filter papers?
We're supposed to be years ahead of them, but some... - Oppenheimer 00:05
We're supposed to be years ahead of them, but some...
What were you guys doing at Los Alamos? Wasn't security tight? - Oppenheimer 00:06
What were you guys doing at Los Alamos? Wasn't security...
- Of course it was. You weren't there. - Forgive me, Doctor... - Oppenheimer 00:05
- Of course it was. You weren't there. - Forgive me, Do...
We can now consider the actual mechanics of detonation. - Oppenheimer 00:05
We can now consider the actual mechanics of detonation.