Comment on How Steven Chu Used Gamma Rays to Diagnose the BP Oil SpillComments−mieses16yDid they discuss using underground nuclear explosion to pinch off the well? It seems like a simple and proven solution.http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0513/Why-don-t-we-just...Would this not work? Is it just politically incorrect?−mieses16yto answer my own question ... Apparently the concern is that the rock layer above the oil is thin. (Any sources for how thin?). A nuke could fracture the rock layer and release all the oil at once.
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Did they discuss using underground nuclear explosion to pinch off the well? It seems like a simple and proven solution.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0513/Why-don-t-we-just...
Would this not work? Is it just politically incorrect?
to answer my own question ... Apparently the concern is that the rock layer above the oil is thin. (Any sources for how thin?). A nuke could fracture the rock layer and release all the oil at once.