As to the regulation issues pointed out. It’s likely long past time those change. But at the same time it’s not like American Companies don’t have a long and fairly extensive track record of lying about Medical Issues and long term effects of their products and procedures. As well as hiding or obscuring evidence of such effects.
So changes to Nuclear regulations will be a rather delicate procedure. Especially because the effects of cutting corners or other things corporate America does to save a nickel. Could have effects far beyond people’s immediate health when it comes to doing it with Nuclear Reactors.
As to the question in your title. Potentially. Most of it depends on how quickly they can scale up production and produce reactors as well as bringing them online. Not to mention dealing with the States. As some State Governments are liable to cause rollouts problems and feud over turf and whose precisely in charge of what.
The linear no-threshold (LNT) model needs to be thrown out. There is ample evidence of a hormesis (healing inducing) effect at very low levels. At a specific low level, the net effect of radiation is beneficial, not detrimental. (The argument is that at a lower level, radiation stimulates the immune system to be more active than otherwise. At higher levels, radiation causes more damage than the immune system can nullify.)
As to the regulation issues pointed out. It’s likely long past time those change. But at the same time it’s not like American Companies don’t have a long and fairly extensive track record of lying about Medical Issues and long term effects of their products and procedures. As well as hiding or obscuring evidence of such effects.
So changes to Nuclear regulations will be a rather delicate procedure. Especially because the effects of cutting corners or other things corporate America does to save a nickel. Could have effects far beyond people’s immediate health when it comes to doing it with Nuclear Reactors.
As to the question in your title. Potentially. Most of it depends on how quickly they can scale up production and produce reactors as well as bringing them online. Not to mention dealing with the States. As some State Governments are liable to cause rollouts problems and feud over turf and whose precisely in charge of what.
The linear no-threshold (LNT) model needs to be thrown out. There is ample evidence of a hormesis (healing inducing) effect at very low levels. At a specific low level, the net effect of radiation is beneficial, not detrimental. (The argument is that at a lower level, radiation stimulates the immune system to be more active than otherwise. At higher levels, radiation causes more damage than the immune system can nullify.)