Replying to Nuke the oil spill?

Some scientists have come up with an interesting idea for closing the gaping hole in the ocean floor that is leaking thousands of gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico...  Detonating a nuclear weapon underneath the ocean floor.

(my linking ability is not working, sorry)

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/05/18/nuking_the_gulf_spill

Admittedly these are scientists, not politicians, so the political ramifications are not considered in this proposal, nor are the other potential environmental effects of such a plan.

However, considering that the safest way to contain nuclear material is in glass, and the temperature of a nuclear explosion would surely heat the sand on the ocean floor to class, it isn't that preposterous of an idea as it initially sounds. 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-16/nuke-the-oil-spill/

http://trueslant.com/juliaioffe/2010/05/04/nuke-that-slick/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojCbqfRRr8



Though still probably very unrealistic.