They did consider using nukes as a fracking device to aid in geothermal power plants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare#Proposed_nuclear_projects

They did consider using nukes as a fracking device to aid in geothermal power plants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare#Proposed_nuclear_projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare#Proposed_nuc... (near the bottom of the list)