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From Rochester to Los Alamos, Oppenheimer's connection to Southeast Minnesota

A 2020 Mayo High School grad is in "Oppenheimer" and a 1928 Rochester High School graduate is depicted in the film.

Uranium Derby (2017) - The A.V. Club

Uranium Derby is a feature-length documentary about a young woman's look into an experiment gone wrong-the American nuclear experiment. This film depicts the manner in which toxic nuclear waste, generated and collected in a few specific places, was allowed to spread to numerous sites around a small Midwestern university town and subsequently the country. The story, centered in Ames, Iowa, begins with a curious native filmmaker (Brittany Prater) casually looking into her hometown's highly secretive involvement in the Manhattan Project during the 1940s. The historical role of Ames in the production of materials for the first atomic bomb is portrayed in archival footage featuring two important involved scientists of the time (Dr. Harley Wilhelm and Dr. Frank Spedding). In addition, interviews with present-day physicists (Marv Anderson and Al Bevolo), a historian (Gloria Betcher), and the elderly spouse of a laboratory worker (Elizabeth Smith) also help present the story. The mai

Rochester author Teresa Waldof's book, 'Wilhelm's Way,' wins first place in Minnesota Book Awards

The book tells the story of chemist Harley Wilhelm and his contributions to the Manhattan Project.

Here are the winners of the Minnesota Book Awards

Minnesota Book Award winners include 'The Barrens,' 'Quarry Girls'

Nine books received prizes Tuesday night.