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Nuclear blast freed gas but left it radioactive

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 25 October 2026, 05:33 UTC ·11 sec listen

The United States detonated a 29-kiloton nuclear device beneath New Mexico in 1967, hoping to unlock natural gas. Five tests produced 213 million cubic feet, but radioactive contamination made the gas unusable for ordinary commercial use.

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