AMSEcast with guest Tom Zoellner
Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World, Author speaks
Given the centrality of uranium to the story of the Manhattan Project, the creation of Oak Ridge, and the ongoing nuclear renaissance, I thought it would be good to learn more about that element , so I spoke on our podcast, AMSEcast , with Tom Zoellner about his fascinating book, Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World . I started by asking why uranium is so unique and so suited to creating the chain reactions that are central to both nuclear energy production and the workings of nuclear weapons.
