My previous go-to for understanding why we didn’t adopt nuclear power on a massive scale is https://rootsofprogress.org/devanney-on-the-nuclear-flop (even citing some of the same sources and using the same charts). Note that the post summarizes Devanney’s book, and the post author does not necessarily agree with the conclusion of the book.
Devanney places a lot of the blame with regulators, in particular the Linear No Threshold model, ALARA legislation and regulator incentives. Do you think this is inaccurate and/or overblown?
We discuss this in our post. We think it is a plausible story but it’s not clear if decisive. Most people who are critical of the status quo don’t see regulation as the primary issue but I’m personally sympathetic to it.
My previous go-to for understanding why we didn’t adopt nuclear power on a massive scale is https://rootsofprogress.org/devanney-on-the-nuclear-flop (even citing some of the same sources and using the same charts). Note that the post summarizes Devanney’s book, and the post author does not necessarily agree with the conclusion of the book.
Devanney places a lot of the blame with regulators, in particular the Linear No Threshold model, ALARA legislation and regulator incentives. Do you think this is inaccurate and/or overblown?
We discuss this in our post. We think it is a plausible story but it’s not clear if decisive. Most people who are critical of the status quo don’t see regulation as the primary issue but I’m personally sympathetic to it.