Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

116 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 10, 2014

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.

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

116 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 10, 2014

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers
Original title Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Directors Michael Pack
Writers

Cast

Joan Allen

as Narrator (voice)

Joel Briel

as Caspar Weinberger

James Cronin

as Chief of Staff

Jonathan Fielding

as Midshipman #1

Jonathan Forte

as Rickover's Aide

Antony Hagopian

as Anderson

Lauren Hubbell

as Engineer #2

David Lavine

as Ted Rockwell

George McDaniel

as Supply Co. Executive

Nick Mills

as Roddis

Stevan Lee Mraovitch

as Military police

Tim Blake Nelson

as Admiral Rickover