OIL TAR HARMING HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS AND COASTAL RESIDENTS IS MUCH WORSE THAN LIMITED RADIOACTIVE HARM IN SUBOCEANIC BEDROCK. Foster, Daniel. "Nuke It - Article" National Review Online. 2 June 2010. Web. 25 Aug. 2010. . Of course, the risks of anatomic blast — not just of catastrophic malfunction or ineffectiveness, but of post-blast venting or seeping of radioactive gases from cracks in the ocean floor — have to be measured against those of the alternatives. But it seems a reasonable conjecture that the dissipation of a limited amount of radioactive material across the vast Gulf is preferable to the blanketing of thousands of miles of American coastline in ribbons of tar.
