Where To Stream Newsroom Tokyo Season 2015 Episode 77
Vietnam War Nuclear Mission
- Aired July 23, 2015
- 45 Min
The closing stages of the Vietnam War were marked by high drama and desperation. A little-known incident involved a team of US scientists on a top-secret mission. Their job was to remove fuel from a nuclear reactor -- before North Vietnamese forces could get to it. It was a race against time, and the price of failure would be nuclear devastation. We spoke with one of the mission's members, and reviewed the operation's logbook.