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The Zippe Type - the Poor Man's Bomb

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The scientist and former Luftwaffe pilot
Dr Gernot Zippe was kidnapped by the Russians afterthe Second World War and forced to invent an efficient method for enriching uranium so it could be used to power a nuclear bomb. Now aged 86 and living in southern Germany, Dr Zippe talks to Matthew Chapman about how he went on to develop his so called "Zippe Type" centrifuge in the West. He believed it would help fuel countless power stations, but instead his blueprints were stolen by Pakistan, Iraq, North Korea, Iran and Libya. Producer Matthew Chapman

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Dr Gernot Zippe
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Matthew Chapman
Producer:
Matthew Chapman
Source: Radio Times

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