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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

It used to be said that you couldn't createenough fissile uranium because you would needto...

It used to be said that you couldn't create
enough fissile uranium because you would need
to refine uranium

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It used to be said
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that you couldn't create enough fissile uranium
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because you would need to refine uranium.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
98
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:33
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
Most uranium in the world is 238, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Most uranium in the world is 238,
You can create 235 from 238, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
You can create 235 from 238,
He bought up enormous areas of land in Tennessee, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
He bought up enormous areas of land in Tennessee,
And when people give estimates - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
And when people give estimates
The most extraordinary thing, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
The most extraordinary thing,
They were trained to say, "Look, here's a machine," - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
They were trained to say, "Look, here's a machine,...
When it goes this way, turn that knob," - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
When it goes this way, turn that knob,"
- Here it is, General Groves, plutonium. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
- Here it is, General Groves, plutonium.
- Well, that's the first time I've seen it, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
- Well, that's the first time I've seen it,
- Groves also realized that he needed to get the scientists - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
- Groves also realized that he needed to get the scientists
And so, you know, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
And so, you know,
And Groves went around the USA, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
And Groves went around the USA,
Until he went to California - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:27
Until he went to California
Suddenly, Groves understood it, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
Suddenly, Groves understood it,
You know, he'd never managed - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
You know, he'd never managed
He had no experience, administratively speaking. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He had no experience, administratively speaking.
All these other scientists were Nobel Prize winners, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
All these other scientists were Nobel Prize winners,
Secondly, he was a disaster in the laboratory, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Secondly, he was a disaster in the laboratory,
And then thirdly, J. Edgar Hoover had identified him - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And then thirdly, J. Edgar Hoover had identified him
- Somehow the chemistry between, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
- Somehow the chemistry between,