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Emporia FP 1AC Tags and Cites
1) Plan: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase market-fixed production cost incentives for domestic deployment of small modular nuclear reactors
Nuclear Renaissance Advantage:
2) US nuclear renaissance inevitable- Only way to meet demand and government subsidies
Worthington 2012 (David Worthington, February 9, 2012, The U.S. nuclear renaissance has begun , Smart Planet, http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/the-us-nuclear-renaissance-has-begun/13058)
3) 30 countries are expanding nuclear energy policies
Reuters 8/16 “IAEA sees strong interest in nuclear power despite Fukushima”, Aug 16, 2012, accessed September 1, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/16/nuclear-energy-iaea-idUSL6E8JG7UO20120816
4) US SMRs allow us to shape international nuclear energy policies
Rosner and Goldberg 2011 (Robert Rosner, astrophysicist and founding director of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, and Stephen Goldberg, Special Assistant to the Director at the Argonne National Laboratory, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, “Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S.”, Technical Paper, Revision 1, November 2011)
5) Old reactor types make meltdowns inevitable
Gronlund 07 (Nuclear power in a Warming world: Assessing the Risks, Addressing the Challenges, Lisbeth Gronlund; David Lochbaum; Edwin Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists, http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nuclear_power/nuclear-power-in-a-warming-world.pdf)
6) SMRs solve – no risk of melt down
Wheeler 10 (November 22, 2010, “Small Modular Reactors May Offer Significant Safety and Security Enhancements”, John Wheeler, Clear Trend, http://thisweekinnuclear.com/?p=1193) JD
7) Meltdowns cause extinction
Lendman 11(Stephen, Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization, 03/ 13, “Nuclear Meltdown in Japan,”, The People’s Voice http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/03/13/nuclear-meltdown-in-japan, accessed 8-2-12, RSR)
8) Old reactor types make nuke terror inevitable- They’ll steal fissile material
Early 09 (Bryan (Former Research Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs), Matthew Fuhrmann (Professor in Political Science at Texas AandM) and Quan Li (Professor in Political Science at Texas AandM), “Atoms for Terror: The Determinants of Nuclear/Radiological Terrorism”, Social Science Research Network, RSR)
9) Terrorists use aircrafts and truck bombs to trigger a meltdown.
Schifman 10 (Ben, J.D. Candidate at the Columbia School of Law, “The Limits of NEPA: Consideration of the Impacts of Terrorism in Environmental Impact Statements for Nuclear Facilities, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 35, No. 2, pg. 374, RSR)
10) SMRs solve - they’re buried underground, heavily layered and no on-site refueling
Loudermilk 11 (Micah, research associate with the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program at National Defense University, “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs”, Journal of Energy Security, 5-31-11,
http://www.ensec.org/index.php?view=articleandcatid=116%3Acontent0411andid=314%3Asmall-nuclear-reactors-and-us-energy-security-concepts-capabilities-and-costsandtmpl=componentandprint=1andpage=andoption=com_contentandItemid=375, accessed 8-1-12, RSR)
11) Nuclear terrorism causes retaliation that sparks global nuclear war and extinction.
Ayson 2010 (Robert, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand – Victoria University of Wellington, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects”, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33(7), July)
Space Advantage:
12) First, Space Colonization Is Not Inevitable, Nuclear Power Advances Are Crucial to Tech Development for Long Term Space
Lee Rannals (staff) 9/3/2012
"Space Colonies Will Need State Of The Art LEDs For Success" online @ http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112686173/lunar-colony-led-lighting-090312/, loghry
13) And, Modular Nuclear Tech IS Key to Long Term Colonies
Tina M. Casey; August 29th, 2011; (http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/nasa-testing-suitcase-sized-nukes-to-power-colonies-on-remote-planets.php) Specializes in military and corporate sustainability, advanced technology, emerging materials, biofuels, and water and wastewater issues. Professional background includes three years as Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and two years as a researcher for the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs
14) And, Subsidies Are Key
Leonard David; February 23rd, 2012; (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46500071/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/air-force-space-plan-calls-nuclear-reactors/) Owner of SDRandI; reporter at space.com, Space News, AIAA Aerospace America etc.; multiple time author on space literature; “Air Force space plan calls for nuclear reactors”
15) And, Low Level Power Generation Means No Risk of Meltdowns in Space
Fox News (staff) 8/29/2011
“Miniature Nuclear Reactor to Power Mars and Moon Colonies” online @ http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/29/miniature-nuclear-reactor-to-power-mars-and-moon-colonies/, loghry
16) E. First, It’s TRY OR DIE, Humanity is on Death Row—Global Extinction is Inevitable Without Space
George Dvorsky (Author, Staff @ io9) 8/30/2012
"How Self-Sustaining Space Habitats Could Save Humanity from Extinction" online @ http://io9.com/5939232/how-self+sustaining-space-habitats-could-save-humanity-from-extinction, loghry
17) And, Fast Timeframe—Extinction by 2030 Without Space
USA Today (staff) 10/14/2010
“Second earth will soon be needed, warns WWF” online @ http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/10/wwf-second-earth-needed/1, loghry
18) Going to Space Grants Humanity the Overview Effect, Which Transforms Our Conception of the Earth From a “Property” to Our Living Home
Lovelock (Inventor: Gaia theory, fellow Royal Society, fellow Green College: Oxford) 2006
James, The Revenge of Gaia p. 135-136, loghry
19) That Mindset Shift is Crucial to Avoid Complete Planetary Annihilation
Lovelock (Inventor: Gaia theory, fellow Royal Society, fellow Green College: Oxford) 2006
James, The Revenge of Gaia p. 17, loghry
20) And, We Must Physically Go To Space for Ecological and Social Consciousness Shift—Just Seeing Pictures or Reading About it Cannot Solve
Tariq Malik (Senior Editor) 4/22/2009
Solvency:
21) Government Incentives are Key to Fast Development of SMR and to Avoiding Cost Premiums; This Dodges Cost Arguments
Rosner and Goldberg 2011(Robert (William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics) and Stephen (Special Assistant to the Director at the Argonne National Laboratory) , Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, “Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S.”, Technical Paper, Revision 1, November 2011, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdf, accessed 8-29-12)
22) Production cost incentives would attract investors
Rosner and Goldberg 2011(Robert (William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics) and Stephen (Special Assistant to the Director at the Argonne National Laboratory) , Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, “Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S.”, Technical Paper, Revision 1, November 2011, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdf, accessed 8-29-12)
23) DOE Applications of SMR Tech Will Be Utilized by the Air Force
Michael B. Donley and (Secretary of the USAF) Norton A. Schwartz (General, USAF and Chief of Staff) 1/31/2012
“Energy Horizons” United States Air Force Energy SandT Vision, online @ http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120209-060.pdf, loghry
24) Terrestrial Reactors are a Pre-Requisite for Space Based Applications
IAEA (INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY) 2005
“THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR POWER AND NUCLEAR PROPULSION IN THE PEACEFUL EXPLORATION OF SPACE” online @ http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1197_web.pdf, loghry
