Nobody knows what it will really do, but if we are consigned to simply watching ALL of the oil leak out into the Gulf, nuking it does not seem to be such a longshot. If it doesn't work, the oil leaks out as it did before. If it works, it stops leaking.
The radiation of the nuke is not really an issue. American nuclear technology is very advanced, way back in 1954 we miniaturized a nuke to be the size of a football and the detonation method simply changes the shape of the sub-critical mass from football shaped to round which goes critical and explodes in a 1 Kiloton blast.
That particular tactical nuke is known as the W-54 "Davy Crockett">
1950's US Nuclear Technology
The Davy Crockett is from 1954 (W54).
The scary thing is that Clinton/Gore gave W-80 (1980's) nuclear technology to the Chinese Commies. One of the worst acts of treason in American history.
First of all, if you believe the Peak Oil myth and that ALL the oil can leak out of the Gulf, I can’t help you.
But given that, I will believe the experts at The Oil Drum site, who do this work every day, rather than a FReeper on Google. They say it will not work. In fact, there is a good chance that it will make cracks and matters worse.
Hope you don’t mind.
“Nobody knows what it will really do, but if we are consigned to simply watching ALL of the oil leak out into the Gulf, nuking it does not seem to be such a longshot.”
First, the relief wells are making good progress and will have the well closed off well before this nuke could be put in place.
Second, the fact that nobody knows what it will really do isn’t good supporting evidence to use a nuke.
I guess BP is so incompetent that we might as well compound the situation.