Qualla: Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy https://qualla.com/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy https://qualla.com/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy: Introduction https://qualla.com/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy/ In 1966, a natural gas well in Uzbekistan called Urtabulak had been burning out of control for three years. Conventional methods had failed. Soviet engineers drilled a parallel shaft, lowered a 30-kiloton nuclear device to a depth of 1,500 meters, and detonated it. The explosion collapsed the rock around the wellhead, sealing the blowout. The fire went out. It was, by one measure, a spectacular success. By another, it was a glimpse into a program where the line between ingenuity and recklessness blurred until it disappeared entirely.

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/f/n/r/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy-wp/ufnr-nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy-atoms-for-industry.mp3 0:06 2 full Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy: Fire Tamers and Canal Builders https://qualla.com/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy/ The gas well applications produced the program's most dramatic results. After the Urtabulak success, a 47-kiloton device sealed a blowout at the nearby Pamuk gas field in 1968. Two explosions at the Krestishche field in Ukraine followed in 1972, and in 1981 a 37.5-kiloton blast f...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/f/n/r/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy-wp/ufnr-nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy-fire-tamers-and-canal-builders.mp3 0:06 3 full Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy: When the Ground Betrayed the Plan https://qualla.com/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy/ Not every detonation went as designed. The Kraton-3 explosion in Vilyuy, Yakutia, in 1978 was meant to unearth diamond-bearing ore. The diamonds proved insignificant. The plutonium contamination of local water supplies did not. According to anti-nuclear activist Alexei Yablokov, ...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/f/n/r/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy-wp/ufnr-nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy-when-the-ground-betrayed-the-plan.mp3 0:06 4 full Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy: The Moratorium and the Argument That Lingers https://qualla.com/nuclear-explosions-for-the-national-economy/ The last peaceful nuclear explosion, codenamed Rubin-1, was detonated in Arkhangelsk Oblast on September 6, 1988, as part of a geological seismic survey. Mikhail Gorbachev's disarmament initiative brought the program to a close at the end of that year, and the 1989 moratorium on ...

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