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SOLVENCY

DOD should install SMRs on military bases—catalyzes support for SMR and US leadership—ensures global spillover of SMR.
Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k
Problematically, despite the…. for nuclear energy

Governmental intervention key for military SMR use – FOAK costs need to be allayed
King, et al 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
 The costs …to military installations.

Current SMR initiatives will fail – Valley of death syndrome. Only military investment solves
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
The “Valley of Death.” Given the promise leader- ship role now.

Timeframe is quick
Lamonica 2012

MARTIN LAMONICA, Technology Review Correspondent, Thursday, August 9, 2012, A Glut of Natural Gas Leaves Nuclear Power Stalled, http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428737/a-glut-of-natural-gas-leaves-nuclear-power/#commentsjap
The nuclear renaissance … called shale gas."


No disads – funding happening now
Tomich, 4/25/2012
Jeffrey, St.Louis Post-Dispatch, Small nuclear reactors generate hype, questions about cost” http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/small-nuclear-reactors-generate-hype-questions-about-cost/article_39757dba-8e5c-11e1-9883-001a4bcf6878.html, Accessed 8/18/2012 DMW

Andrew Klein, a … operation in a decade.

Nuclear energy key to expanding national energy diversity – key to electricity stability and clean energy

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: Ensuring … held clean-energy objectives.

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First advantage is the military

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
Grid Vulnerability. DOD … modern infrastructural systems.8
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
No one needs… vulnerable to attack.

Impacts:
First, Military reliance on civilian power provides 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
More recently, awareness … grid went offline
.
Second, 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

This is a good …provide an easier path.
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

Having a reliable …the commercial grid 4.

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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
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: …  the United States.
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
even whole nations

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Manufacturing decline, economy struggling
Crutsinger, 10/10/2012 Martin, Huffington Post “Finance leaders to address global economic threats”  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121010/us-global-finance/ Accessed 10/10/2012 DMW

The U.S. economy… an economic catastrophe.
 

SMR development key to US manufacturing industry

King, Huntzinger and Nguyen 11

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

Finally, a significant …nuclear supply areas.
Harms

Collapse of manufacturing destroys the economy

Vargo 03
Franklin, National Association of Manufacturers, Federal News Service, 10-1-2003jap
I would like … a "nation of shopkeepers."

US economic collapse causes nuclear war

Friedenberg and Schoenfield 2008

Aaron friedberg and gabriel schoenfeld, professor of politics and international relations at Princeton University and visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute, 2008, “The Dangers of a Diminished America”, Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.htmljap

Pressures to cut … with external adventures.

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We’re at the threshold of irreversible warming—this DECADE is critical.

Nina Chestney 12 is Reuters Staff. “Global warming close to becoming irreversible: scientists” 3-27-12 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/27/us-climate-thresholds-idUSBRE82Q18720120327 accessed date: 7-18-12 y2k

Scientific estimates differ …. runs through Thursday.

Military SMRs key to reducing GHG

Robitaille 12 3/21
(George E. Robitaille- Department of Army Civilian “Small Modular Reactors: The Army’s Secure Source of Energy?” May, 21, 2012 http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA561802)

¶ The use of … critical military operations.

Impact, warming causes extinction

Tickell 2008
Oliver, Climate Researcher, The Gaurdian, “On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction”, 8-11, http://www.guardian.co.uk/ commentisfree/2008/aug/11/ climatechangejap

We need to…  similar hothouse Earth.

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SMRs solve nuclear accidents – 3 reasons

Rosner and Goldberg 2011

Robert and Stephen, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S., Accessed 8-14-2012, November 2011, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdfjap
While the focus …  of these pools.


Nuclear accidents would lead to extinction

Lendman 11 Stephen, Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization, “Nuclear Meltdown in Japan,”, 03/ 13, The People’s Voice http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/03/13/nuclear-meltdown-in-japan, accessed 8-16-12cd

Reuters said the …  far outside East Asia.

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Water Shortages will cause global conflict
U.P.I., 2012:
(U.P.I. Report: Water Likely To Cause Conflicts. March 23, 2012.)
Water problems, including …  the Rockefeller Foundation.

Unchecked, These Conflicts Escalate
Weiner, 1990:
(Jonathan Weiner Visiting Professor at Princeton, The next 100 years 270)
If we do …  stockpiled since Trinity.

Leads to indopak war over Kashmir
Mandhana, 2012:
(Niharika Mandhana. April 16, 2012. Water Wars: Why India And Pakistan Are Squaring Off Over Their Rivers. Journalist For TIME Magazine.)
The treaty has …  differences over water.

Extinction
Nabi, 2001:
(Dr. Ghulam Nabi, Executive Director of the Washington-based Kashmiri American Council, “India Pakistan Summit and the Issue of Kashmir,” 7/8, Washington Times, http://www.pakistanlink.com/Letters/2001/July/13/05.html)
The foreign policy… impending Fissile Material/Cut-off Convention.

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

Heg Advantage

Natural disasters, cyber-attacks, and aging tech risk grid vulnerability- SMR solves
Robitaille 12 (George E. Robitaille- Department of Army Civilian "Small Modular Reactors: The Army's Secure Source of Energy" 21-03-2012 www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA561802 DATE ACCESSED: 9/26/12) TM
In recent years… by cyber attacks.¶

Grid attacks would collapse American society – almost everyone would die
Kessler 2009
Ronald, “EMP Attack Would Send America into a Dark Age,” http://www.newsmax.com/RonaldKessler/emp-electromagnetic-pulse/2009/09/23/id/335160jap

In a matter … after an EMP
Grid failure from attacks and natural disasters crush military operations
Stockton 11 (Paul Stockton, assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, “Ten Years After 9/11: Challenges for the Decade to Come”, http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=7.2.11 DATE ACCESSED: 9/26/12) TM
The cyber threat …will – exercise control.
Lack of US energy security kills mission effectiveness – draws away focus from critical and strategic missions
Udall 12
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
No one needs … vulnerable to attack. 

Military readiness is key to prevent extinction
Feldstein 2007
Martin, “The underfunded Pentagon,” Foreign Affairs, March/Apriljap3
Deterring other great … U.S. military structure

US engagement is inevitable---maintaining heg is key to solve nuclear conflict and every geopolitical hotspot---key to fostering international cooperation which solves every existential threat.
Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth 13 Stephen Brooks is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College AND John Ikenberry is Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University in Seoul AND John Wohlforth is Daniel Webster Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. “Lean Forward,” Jan/Feb 2013, Foreign Affairs, EBSCO, Accessed date: 1-9-13 y2k
In Defense of … could well be disastrous.

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

Having a reliable … the commercial grid 4.

Prolif ADV 

Massive expansion of nuclear power’s inevitable worldwide – that causes cascading prolif
John P Banks and Charles K Ebinger 11, John is a fellow with the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, Charles is senior fellow and director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, “Introduction: Planning a Responsible Nuclear Future” in “Business and Nonproliferation”, googlebooks MSN

Nuclear energy is … already under stress.
Nuclear investment increasing internationally
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
Internationally, the outlook …be positive overall.

Plan key to US leadership on nonproliferation
Mandel 09 (Jenny Mandel-Scientific America "Less Is More for Designers of "Right-Sized" Nuclear Reactors" September 9, 2009 www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=small-nuclear-power-plant-station-mini-reactor DATE ACCESSED: 9/27/12) TM

Tom Sanders, president …we just importing them?"

Domestic nuclear expansion’s key to leadership and nonprolif
Michael Wallace and Sarah Williams 12, Michael is Senior Adviser at the U.S. Nuclear Energy Project at CSIS, Sarah is a Nuclear Policy Analyst at the Partnership for Global Security at CSIS, “Nuclear Energy in America: Preventing its Early Demise”, October, http://csis.org/files/publication/120417_gf_wallace_williams.pdf MSN

America’s nuclear energy … its early demise.

New nuclear initiatives are the litmus test for nuclear leadership – sets the US as the international nuclear power source AND key economic source – international market demands
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: Historically, ...and development investment.

Prolif causes extinction -- deterrence fails and can’t replicate Cold War stability -- accidents, miscalc, terrorism, preemption.
Kissinger et al 11— (Shultz was secretary of state from 1982 to 1989. Mr. Perry was secretary of defense from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Kissinger was secretary of state from 1973 to 1977. Mr. Nunn is former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee “Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Proliferation: The doctrine of mutual assured destruction is obsolete in the post‐Cold War era”, Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2011, http://www.nti.org/c_press/Deterrence_in_the_Age_of_Nuclear_Proliferation.pdf, )

As long as … resolve these issues.

Solvency Mechanisms 

DOD should install SMRs on military bases—catalyzes support for SMR and US leadership—ensures global spillover of SMR. Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k
Problematically, despite the … for nuclear energy
Governmental intervention key for military SMR use – FOAK costs need to be allayed
King 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
 The costs associated …to military installations.

Current SMR initiatives will fail – Valley of death syndrome. Only military investment solves
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
The “Valley of Death.” …leader- ship role now.
SMRs solve nuclear accidents – 3 reasons
Rosner and Goldberg 2011
Robert and Stephen, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S., Accessed 8-14-2012, November 2011, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdfjap
While the focus … of these pools.

Nuclear accidents would lead to extinction
Lendman 11 Stephen, Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization, “Nuclear Meltdown in Japan,”, 03/ 13, The People’s Voice http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/03/13/nuclear-meltdown-in-japan, accessed 8-16-12cd

Reuters said the … outside East Asia.

No DA’s- SMR funding and development occurring now
Ervin, 12/28/2012 Dan, a professor of finance at Salisbury University. Dan Ervin: Modular reactors are the future of nuclear energy http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20121230/OPINION03/312300005?nclick_check=1 Accessed 12/31/2012 DMW

The Obama administration’s … than otherwise thought.