Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power · 2014
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power (2014) is a Documentary / TV Movie film directed by Michael Pack, starring Joan Allen, Michael Stewart Allen, Joel Briel.
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Overview
Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s. Later, Rickover built the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier and the first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Many wonder whether America can maintain its technological pre-eminence and whether we can still build and manage large-scale projects. To understand these issues, Rickover considers the story of the man who created the nuclear Navy as well as the civilian nuclear power industry: Hyman G. Rickover.
Cast
Joan Allen, Michael Stewart Allen, Joel Briel, James Cronin, Jonathan Fielding, Jonathan Forte, Antony Hagopian, Torsten N. Hillhouse
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What is "Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power" about?
Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s. Later, Rickover built the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier and the first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Many wonder whether America can maintain its technological pre-eminence and whether we can still build and manage large-scale projects. To understand these issues, Rickover considers the story of the man who created the nuclear Navy as well as the civilian nuclear power industry: Hyman G. Rickover.
When was "Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power" released?
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power was released in 2014.
Who stars in "Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power"?
The cast includes Joan Allen, Michael Stewart Allen, Joel Briel, James Cronin.
