The Facility

How Nine Nuclear Saboteurs Changed WWII (2024x23)

Air date: Sep 03, 2024

In Nazi Germany in 1939, the Uranverein, or “uranium club,” was trying to beat Oppenheimer to the bomb. The scientist believed all Germany needed was enough of a single, incredibly rare substance critical to advancing nuclear physics: heavy water. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] explains what happened next.