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To: Taro who wrote (1001792)2/23/2017 5:25:44 PM
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Nothing wrong with a small peaceful nuclear detonation. Russians did it all the time to collapse out-of-control oil and gas wells or blow tundra off a mine site in Siberia.

en.m.wikipedia.org

39 explosions for the purpose of geological exploration (trying to find new natural gas deposits by studying seismic waves produced by small nuclear explosions)

25 explosions for intensification of oil and gas debits

22 explosions for creating underground storage for natural gas

5 explosions for extinguishing large natural gas fountains

4 explosions for creating channels and dams (including the Chagan test in Kazakhstan, and the Taiga test on the potential route of the Pechora-Kama Canal)

2 explosions for crushing ore in open-pit mines

2 explosions for creating underground storage for toxic wastes

1 explosion to facilitate coal mining in an underground mine