Kodak would have had huge hooks into the national security side of things in the US government. They made all kinds of films used for imaging various parts of

Kodak would have had huge hooks into the national security side of things in the US government. They made all kinds of films used for imaging various parts of the spectrum, and would have had their researchers available for the USG (surely at a price of course). That they had fissionable material is entirely reasonable and expected.