Barack Obama sends nuclear experts to tackle BP's Gulf of Mexico oil leak

May 16, 2010 by legitgov

Barack Obama sends nuclear experts to tackle BP's Gulf of Mexico oil leak 14 May 2010 The US has sent a team of nuclear physicists to help BP plug the "catastrophic" flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking Deepwater Horizon well, as the Obama administration becomes frustrated with the oil giant's inability to control the situation. The five-man team -- which includes a man who helped develop the first hydrogen bomb in the 1950s -- is the brainchild of Steven Chu, President Obama's Energy Secretary. He has charged the men with finding solutions to stop the flow of oil.