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Plan: The United States Federal Government should fund the development of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear technology for the United States military.

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The Harms:
First, Grid Reliance
Civilian grid failures put military electricity access at risk – it provides 99 percent of their power
Andres and Breetz 2011
Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap

Second, Budget Tradeoffs
Lack of US energy security kills mission effectiveness – draws away focus from critical and strategic missions
Udall 2012
Mark Udall, Democratic Senator from Colorado, May 22, 2012, Energy Security is National Security
http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/powering-our-military-whats-th.phpjap

We have three impacts:
First, Military reliance on the civilian power provides an incentive for grid attack – kills military power projection AND causes nuclear war from escalatory conflicts
Andres and Breetz 2011
Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap

Second, military readiness is key to prevent extinction
Feldstein 2007
Martin, “The underfunded Pentagon,” Foreign Affairs, March/Apriljap
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Third, US Power projection and hegemony is key to prevent numerous scenarios for global nuclear war
Kagan 2007
Robert, Carnegie Senior Associate, “End of Dreams, Return of History” Policy Review, http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/8552512.html#n10jap

SMRs can supply power to military bases during times of crisis – deters grid attacks
Andres and Breetz 2011
Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap

SMR’s key to maintain security of power grid – solves military vulnerabilities
Baker, 6/22/2012
Matthew, American Security Project, Do Small Modular Reactors Present a Serious Option for the Military’s Energy Needs?” http://americansecurityproject.org/blog/2012/do-small-modular-reactors-present-a-serious-option-for-the-militarys-energy-needs/ Accessed 8/19/2012 DMW 

SMR key to military survivability
King, Huntzinger and Nguyen 2011
Marcus King • LaVar Huntzinger • Thoi Nguyen, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S. Military Installations, http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear%20Power%20on%20Military%20Installations%20D0023932%20A5.pdfjap

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SMR development key to nuclear tech leadership – puts US at front of evolving nuclear tech
Fleischmann 2011
Congressman Chuck Fleischmann is a conservative Republican who represents the 3rd District of Tennessee. Small Modular Reactors Could Help With U.S. Energy Needs, http://www.aps.org/publications/capitolhillquarterly/201110/backpage.cfmjap

The timely implementation…gaining energy independence.

Nuclear energy leadership key to control of nonproliferation agreements, only players can change the game
Wallace and Williams 2012
(Michael Wallace and Sarah Williams “Nuclear Energy in America: Preventing its Early Demise” 2012 http://csis.org/files/publication/120417_gf_wallace_williams.pdf)

Third, in the…prevent its early demise

US Nuclear power leadership solves proliferation and international nuclear accidents – increases reliance on US nuclear policies
Domenici and Miller 2012
Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Warren F. “Pete” Miller, former Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy | July 2012, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets, Bipartisan Policy Center, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Leadership%20in%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Markets.pdfjap

Strategic Goal: ...maintain and expand these policies.

And the impact is nuclear war
Proliferation guarantees massive nuclear escalation and war- deterrence fails
Utgoff 2002
Victor, Institute for Defense Analyses Deputy Director, “Proliferation, Missile Defence and American Ambitions,” Survival, vol. 44, p85-102jap

Worse still, in a…to bury the bo

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