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by whyenot 4279 days ago
The US also had several plans for using nuclear explosions for non-military purposes:

The project team wanted to blow a path for a railway line through California’s Bristol Mountains; they wanted to use nukes to expand the Panama Canal; and they wanted to use underwater explosions to carve out a harbor in Alaska.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-us-once-wanted-...