In 1967, the US set off a 29-kiloton bomb under New Mexico to free natural gas; five tests yielded 213 million cubic feet, but the gas was radioactive
What if the best way to get more gas out of the ground was to set off a nuclear bomb under it? It sounds like a bad movie plot, but the US government really did try it. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the Atomic Energy Commission detonated a 29-kiloton nuclear device in northwestern … Read more