I never really thought about greenland but why not.
A nuclear burst on Thule is interesting but I would expect it to be 100kt instead of 1Mt.
About the population, I find 3000 people to be way too low. Actual population in Greenland is about 57.000 with about 7.000 europeans. The reminding 50.000 being inuits.
I agree that the withdawal of Denmark will bring casualties but I would expect at least 30.000 inuits to survive (hunting, fishing...). Outside of military personnel, the Thule burst will kill almost no one. In addition, I wouldn't be surprised to see them establishing an independent inuit state, may be lingking with inuit populations in Canada.
In addition, I'm not sure that the Danes would accept 50.000 inuits on their soil.
Finally, I can well imagine inuits killing the last remaining Europeans in retaliation from danish exaction in the 1940's-1960's. At that time, Denmark had a policy of forced conversion and cultural destruction toward inuits and several among them may think about some kind of "virtual and blind" revenge.
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