Calls for N-blast to check US oil spill grow louder - Times of India

Decades ago, the Soviet Union used nuclear blasts to successfully seal off runaway gas wells, inserting a bomb deep underground and letting its fiery heat melt the surrounding rock to shut off the flow. Why not try it here? The idea has gained fans with each failed attempt to stem the leak and each new setback — on Wednesday, the latest rescue effort stalled when a wire saw being used to slice through the riser pipe got stuck.

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This week, with the failure of the “top kill” attempt, the buzz had grown loud enough that federal officials felt compelled to respond. The nuclear option was not — and never had been — on the table, federal officials said. “It’s crazy,” one senior official said.

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Nuclear experts say using a nuclear bomb would be not only risky technically, with possibly disastrous consequences from radiation, but also unwise geopolitically — it would violate arms treaties that the US has signed.

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