Lauren Hubbell

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.

1950年代。新興住宅街《レボリューショナリー・ロード》で暮らすフランクとエイプリルは、可愛い子ども2人がいる理想的夫婦。だが元陸軍兵のフランクは事務機会社のセールスマンという自身の立場に未来が無いと感じ、かつて女優を志願したエイプリルも今は平凡な主婦であることが悩み。突然、家族そろってパリに引っ越そうと言い出した妻の考えに同意して辞職を決めたフランクだが、自分に昇進のチャンスがあると知る。