# The Dark History Oppenheimer Didn’t Show

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-dark-history-oppenheimer-didnt-show/
- Published: 2023-08-24T09:00:21-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: A worker in the Shinkolobwe mine, a major source of the uranium for the first atomic bomb. Photo credit: AP Photo / Schalk van Zuydam. Article by Ngofeen Mputubwele. Wired – updated August 22, 2023. Papà, my dad, told me a story long ago about the uranium that powered the first nuclear bomb. The one dropped on Hiroshima; one of the bombs you saw being built in this summer’s dramatic film, Oppenheimer. Papà, you see, was born in the Belgian Congo. Earlier this […] Click here to view original web page at www.wired.com