“Peaceful” nuclear explosives?

“Peaceful” nuclear explosives?

Hannah Pell
Physics Today 76, 34 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5342

abstract:
Proponents of Project Plowshare argued that using nuclear explosives for peaceful means offered technical and economic advantages. But getting the biggest bang for the buck didn’t outweigh the varied environmental and sociopolitical costs of their use.