No, scientists like Edward Teller were pushing for Plowshare, it wasn't driven by politicians except the head of the AEC Lewis Strauss. They seriously thought t

No, scientists like Edward Teller were pushing for Plowshare, it wasn't driven by politicians except the head of the AEC Lewis Strauss. They seriously thought they could do large scale engineering this way without much fallout, but couldn't make it work in practice.