When people have a problem they think "I know I'll use nuclear weapons", now they have two problems.

I wouldn't rule out controlled nuclear explosions until I found out whether the HUGE amount of oil leaking out every minute is more or less harmful to the environment than the would-be radiation.

Yes, but this assumes that using nuclear explosions will improve the situation rather than make it worse.

Are you sure that you aren't thinking about Regular Expressions?

On the other hand, how do they know that such an explosion wouldn't just make the leak bigger?