The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
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The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
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Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#2They've also used them to stop underwater oil leaks. If we had done that with the last BP spill things would have been solved a lot quicker!
Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#3... as well as once in 1968, twice in 1972, and once in 1981. 0.o
The USSR had a whole program to investigate peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs), called Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy. [1] Sadly, some of these experiments went rather wrong, unexpectedly releasing lots of radioactive nasty near populated areas. The US also did this sort of thing from 1961 to 1973, and the program was cancelled in '77. [2]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Explosions_for_the_Nati...
Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#4The US and Russia cooperated on a program to do this in space in order to stop a asteroid from destroying the planet. Bruce Willis led the mission.
Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#5They've also used them to stop underwater oil leaks. If we had done that with the last BP spill things would have been solved a lot quicker!
We quickly realized that bacteria have evolved to eat oil, so it wasn't quite as big of an environmental disaster as first expected. I would not expect radiation to improve the situation at all.
Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#6They've also used them to stop underwater oil leaks. If we had done that with the last BP spill things would have been solved a lot quicker!
We quickly realized that bacteria have evolved to eat oil, so it wasn't quite as big of an environmental disaster as first expected. I would not expect radiation to improve the situation at all.
i suggest you investigate the side effects of corexit that have emerged since the incident
Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#7Putting out a gas fire with a nuclear explosion... what can go wrong?
Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#8Putting out a gas fire with a nuclear explosion... what can go wrong?
Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#9Putting out a gas fire with a nuclear explosion... what can go wrong?
Well, it's got the word "nuclear" in it, so obviously doomsday is the only possible result.
Re: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in 1966
#10They've also used them to stop underwater oil leaks. If we had done that with the last BP spill things would have been solved a lot quicker!
We quickly realized that bacteria have evolved to eat oil, so it wasn't quite as big of an environmental disaster as first expected. I would not expect radiation to improve the situation at all.
Plus wouldn't there be some concern about the ocean floor collapsing due to the blast?