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Barack Obama sends nuclear experts to tackle BP's Gulf of Mexico oil leak
telegraph.co.uk ^ | MAY 14, 2010 | James Quinn

Posted on 05/15/2010 7:13:20 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

The US has sent a team of nuclear physicists to help BP plug the "catastrophic" flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking Deepwater Horizon well, as the Obama administration becomes frustrated with the oil giant's inability to control the situation.

The five-man team – which includes a man who helped develop the first hydrogen bomb in the 1950s – is the brainchild of Steven Chu, President Obama's Energy Secretary.

He has charged the men with finding solutions to stop the flow of oil.

President Obama yesterday promised a "relentless" effort to resolve the problem as he criticised the "cozy relationship" BP and other oil companies have with US regulators in Washington.

He also denounced the attempts by executives from BP, Transocean and Haliburtion to blame each other during this week's congressional hearings into the rig disaster. "I will not tolerate more finger pointing or irresponsibility." Mr Obama said.

The five scientists visited BP's main crisis centre in Houston earlier this week, along with Mr Chu, and are to continue to work with the company's scientists and external advisers to reach an answer.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr Hayward said the five-hour meeting involved a "very deep dive" into the situation at hand, with "lots of nuclear physicists and all sorts of people coming up with some quite good ideas actually."

Pressed further about the meeting, he said they had "come up with one good idea" but declined to elaborate.

The five include 82-year-old Richard Garwin, who designed the first hydrogen bomb, and Tom Hunter, head of the US Department of Energy's Sandia National Labs.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: chu; nukeit; oilwell; stevenchu
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To: Free ThinkerNY

BP already has 500 experts from 100 different organizations working on the problem.


21 posted on 05/15/2010 7:22:47 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“”I will not tolerate more finger pointing or irresponsibility.” Mr Obama said.”

I would tell Obozo to go “suck an egg”.

I see how this is shaping up now.
The leak is about to be fixed by BP and the teams working on it, but Obozo has to ride in on his black horse, along with some pointy headed nuke scientist, so that he can claim that he has saved the world.


22 posted on 05/15/2010 7:23:55 PM PDT by AlexW (Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is not the Onion reporting. Leadership like this is scary.


23 posted on 05/15/2010 7:24:15 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Unfortunately all the MLB ballplayers were busy this time of year.


24 posted on 05/15/2010 7:24:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Let's Roll

Imagine the gulf glowing in the dark for weeks..the weird fish to be caught in the future, unexpected water fallout in the Florida panhandle..oh well.


25 posted on 05/15/2010 7:24:38 PM PDT by givemELL (Does Taiwan eet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Didn’t even know we still had Nuc experts anymore. Thought we killed that industry decades ago. What are they still doing hanging around?


26 posted on 05/15/2010 7:24:40 PM PDT by 3boysdad (It's time to get busy living or get busy dying.)
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To: buccaneer81

I agree! We should! We’ve tested them atolls and such, why not here? I would love to see Obama consider this and really piss off his anti-nuke pals. Hahaha!!

Not gonna happen, though.


27 posted on 05/15/2010 7:24:48 PM PDT by swatbuznik
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I DID NOT DONATE MONEY TO YOU TO BE SUBJECT TO THIS PHOTO OVER AND OVER.


28 posted on 05/15/2010 7:25:07 PM PDT by american_ranger (Never ever use DirecTV)
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To: jimbo123

Whoa, no-! There goes Tokeeyo-! Go- Go- Godzilla-!!!
-Taken from a novelty tune from a somewhat miss-spent youth-!


29 posted on 05/15/2010 7:27:53 PM PDT by imjimbo (The constitution SHOULD be our "gun permit")
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To: buccaneer81

Well .. I still think it’s an insane idea.

I’ll be happy if it turns out to be a good thing.


30 posted on 05/15/2010 7:28:18 PM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: jimbo123

Yikes, look what the nukes did to Obama.


31 posted on 05/15/2010 7:29:14 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: dennisw
It actually does make sense, if all the other "top hat" and "top kill" and "plug it up with golf balls" schemes don't pan out.

A small tactical nuke will fracture the sea floor, melt much of it into glass, seal the well and it's perfectly tamped by a mile of water.

What are they afraid of, glowing jellyfish? They're already glowing at that depth.

32 posted on 05/15/2010 7:29:14 PM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Isn’t Chu the guy who thinks if everyone painted their roofs green, we could reduce global warming?


33 posted on 05/15/2010 7:29:24 PM PDT by savedbygrace (Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord)
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To: CyberAnt

It would render the area off limits to fishing and drilling pretty much forever.


34 posted on 05/15/2010 7:29:44 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: freekitty

Maybe that’s really Michelle. The hips look suspiciously familar.


35 posted on 05/15/2010 7:29:54 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: savedbygrace

Correction: Not green, white

http://www.prweb.com/releases/steven-chu-paint/green-roofs-white/prweb2477584.htm


36 posted on 05/15/2010 7:31:07 PM PDT by savedbygrace (Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Typical liberal thinking. People are interchangable. “It’s all that science-stuff, anyway.” How did we ever allow our society to empower such fools?


37 posted on 05/15/2010 7:31:12 PM PDT by Clock King (Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
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To: Paladin2


Is Obama going to bring in his nuke buddies from Pakistan, North Korea and Iran?
38 posted on 05/15/2010 7:31:45 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Sender

Plus, who’s going to dive down there...it’s too deep for my watch.


39 posted on 05/15/2010 7:33:07 PM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: savedbygrace

No, Chu is the guy who thinks that if all our roofs were mirrors, we would reduce global warming.


40 posted on 05/15/2010 7:33:57 PM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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