:48:02
Inside. Inside.
:48:08
Good news is the new plutonium
makes lots of neutrons.
:48:12
But the bad news is the spontaneous
fission rate is way too high.
:48:16
The reaction will run away with itself.
There will just be a fizzle.
:48:19
- No explosion.
- You're certain of that, Edward?
:48:23
- Who did the calculations?
- Serber.
:48:25
- Himself?
- Serber, personally.
:48:28
So now plutonium is a problem. That
shifts the emphasis back to U-235.
:48:32
Of course, Oak Ridge is not able
to produce that in sufficient quantity.
:48:37
We must go with implosion, but
Neddermeyer has just announced to me
:48:40
that he and implosion
have just reached a brick wall.
:48:47
We can't fall behind.
:48:50
Are you all right, Oppie?
:48:53
You have a deadline to meet.
:48:56
Banked almost a billion dollars on you
guys. That's not working on the cheap.
:49:01
Only thing I want to hear is, ''Yes, sir.''
:49:03
Don't talk to me like I haven't given
eight days a week to this project.
:49:07
I've given up everything.
:49:09
Don't... Don't give me that.
:49:11
I don't want to hear
that from the...
:49:13
I've given up everything.
:49:15
You know exactly
what I'm talking about.
:49:18
I don't give a goddamn
that travel was restricted.
:49:21
It had to be done face to face,
and that's the way I did it.
:49:30
Latest news
from the fighting front.
:49:35
American armies are pushing the
Germans back on their own territory.
:49:39
But fighting is desperate.
:49:40
The Germans are building up
for a massive counter thrust.
:49:44
Though the Allies are determined
to hold this new front...
:49:47
Who's the Lone Ranger?
:49:48
Explosives wiz.
I don't know about Tonto.
:49:50
Neddermeyer gave up
on his explosion that goes in.
:49:53
Not Oppie, though.
:49:54
He brought in two explosive
experts from the outside.
:49:57
We struggle on here
in our isolation.