The biggest barrier to nuclear energy in our country is the linear no-threshold safety model. We know the model is wrong, opens up operators to infinite liability, and since adopting it the nuclear industry has effectively been dead.
Even just a basic common sense threshold would make nuclear more viable overnight.
Agreed, but I don't think that dumping ALARA will fix nuclear cost. There's still plenty of stuff in a nuclear reactor hot enough that we have to worry about keeping it from being inadvertently released.
Even just a basic common sense threshold would make nuclear more viable overnight.