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NNSA stemming human capital shortages- plan trades off- no link turns

Aloise, 12 -- GAO Nuclear Security, Safety, and Nonproliferation director

(Gene, former GAO Assistant Director for Report and Testimony Quality Control, "Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: Strategies and Challenges in Sustaining Critical Skills in Federal and Contractor Workforces," Government Accountability Office, GAO-12-468, April 2012, http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/590488.pdf, accessed 9-4-12, mss)

The enterprise’s work …., and make appropriate adjustments.

This creates DOE brain drain in DOE labs

McCormick, 10-22 (This interview was conducted with Dr. Colin McCormick, currently the Senior Advisor for RandD in the Office of the Under Secretary at the Department of Energy. He previously served as the Team Lead for Emerging Technologies in the Building Technologies Program of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Prior to joining the Department of Energy he was an energy and security analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a staff member with the House Science and Technology Committee, and an AAAS Congressional Fellow on the staff of Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts. Dr. McCormick received his PhD in atomic and optical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and did post-doctoral work in quantum optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the group of 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate William Phillips. Dr. McCormick reviewed, revised and approved the below text for publication. Specifically, this interview began as discussions that took place on October 17, 2012 and October 22, 2012, with questions being asked by members of GWDebate (Francisco Bencosme, Kevin Bertram, Lauren Cashmore, Paul Hayes, Joseph Nelson and Kyla Sommers). The below questions and Dr. McCormick's transcribed answers were then sent to Dr. McCormick for review, revision and approval for publication)

D+TRW: What is your view …. list of sites.

NNSA human capital key to solve disease

D'Agostino, 10 – U.S. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security

(Thomas, former Stockpile Stewardship Program director, "NNSA Administrator Addresses Next Generation of Computational Scientists," 6-22-10, www.nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/speeches/csgfremarks062210, accessed 9-4-12, mss)

Since I spoke to this … the rest of the Department.

Extinction

Keating, 9 -- Foreign Policy web editor

(Joshua, "The End of the World," Foreign Policy, 11-13-9, www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/13/the_end_of_the_world?page=full, accessed 9-7-12, mss)

How it could happen: Throughout … troubling complication.

Tournament: Districts | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge: Poapst

Long time frame—takes at least 12 years before it can produce energy. Financial incentives make no sense now

Bishop 12 (Robert, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Nuclear Management and Resources Council, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based association that was being established by the nuclear industry to address generic technical, regulatory, and legal issues facing the nuclear energy industry. He served in comparable positions in its successor, the Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc, former Chairman of the Nuclear Law Committee, former member of the Blue Ribbon Panel established by DOE  to provide an independent assessment of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project then under construction in New Mexico. “Interview with Robert Bishop,” conducted with Kevin Bertram (GW debater)  via e-mail on October 25, 2012, http:~/~/debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=4url:http://debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=4) KJS

D+TRW: What is the current status of … would provide no value now.

Makes the plan completely non-sensical

McCormick, 12

(“Interview with Colin McCormick,” This interview was conducted with Dr. Colin McCormick, (Senior Advisor for RandD in the Office of the Under Secretary at the Department of Energy. He previously served as the Team Lead for Emerging Technologies in the Building Technologies Program of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Prior to joining the Department of Energy he was an energy and security analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a staff member with the House Science and Technology Committee, and an AAAS Congressional Fellow on the staff of Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts. Dr. McCormick received his PhD in atomic and optical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and did post-doctoral work in quantum optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the group of 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate William Phillips. Dr. McCormick reviewed, revised and approved the below text for publication. Specifically, this interview began as discussions that took place on October 17, 2012 and October 22, 2012, with questions being asked by members of GWDebate (Francisco Bencosme, Kevin Bertram, Lauren Cashmore, Paul Hayes, Joseph Nelson and Kyla Sommers). 10/17, http://debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=3)

D+TRW: What steps can the DOD or DOE take to … by 2022.

Accidents DA—subsidies cause fast and risky nuclear construction without safety upgrades—causes meltdowns that destroy the industry

Koplow, United Nations Environment Programme's Working Group on Economic Instruments, MBA – Harvard, and Vancko, project manager – nuclear/climate @ UCS, ‘11

(Doug and Ellen, “Nuclear Power: Still Not Viable without Subsidies,” Union of Concerned Scientists, February)

Because operating costs account for a much … and lower risk profiles.

Extinction

Wasserman, 1 (Harvey, Senior Editor – Free Press, “America's Terrorist Nuclear Threat to Itself”, October, http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2001/10/00_wasserman_nuclear-threat.htm)

Without continous monitoring and guaranteed .. all future generations must be shut down.

Bubble DA—high costs mean no large-scale commercialization, which takes out every aff advantage—and more subsidies boost cost overruns by increasing reactor complexity and scale—that makes the industry unsustainable

Cooper, senior research fellow for economic analysis – Institute for Energy and the Environment @ Vermont Law School, PhD – Yale University, ‘10

(Mark, “POLICY CHALLENGES OF NUCLEAR REACTOR CONSTRUCTION: COST ESCALATION AND CROWDING OUT ALTERNATIVES,” September)

A decade and half after the start of the … creates a new systemic problem of excess capacity.

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SMR would do nothing to help with global warming

Makhijani and Boyd 10 (Arjun Makhijani is an electrical and nuclear engineer who is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. Makhijani has written many books and reports analyzing the safety, economics, and efficiency of various energy sources. He has testified before Congress and has served as an expert witness in Nuclear Regulatory Commission proceedings, “Small Modular Reactors No Solution for the Cost, Safety, and Waste Problems of Nuclear Power,” IEER Institute of energy and environmental research http:~/~/ieer.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pdf(%%))

Efficiency and most renewable … waste disposal problems.

Warming won’t cause extinction

Barrett, professor of natural resource economics – Columbia University, ‘7

(Scott, Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods, introduction)

First, climate change does not … more about it by now.

Warming is based on BAD SCIENCE – bias and the scientific community dictates that naysayers are not promoted and alarmism is used as a tool for profit, CO2 isn’t a pollutant; consensus flows neg

Allegre et. al 12; (Editor's Note: The following has been signed by the 16 scientists listed at the end of the article; a large and growing number of distinguished scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are needed; quals of those that signed:  Claude Allegre, former director of the Institute for the Study of the Earth, University of Paris; J. Scott Armstrong, cofounder of the Journal of Forecasting and the International Journal of Forecasting; Jan Breslow, head of the Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, Rockefeller University; Roger Cohen, fellow, American Physical Society; Edward David, member, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences; William Happer, professor of physics, Princeton; Michael Kelly, professor of technology, University of Cambridge, U.K.; William Kininmonth, former head of climate research at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Richard Lindzen, professor of atmospheric sciences, MIT; James McGrath, professor of chemistry, Virginia Technical University; Rodney Nichols, former president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences; Burt Rutan, aerospace engineer, designer of Voyager and SpaceShipOne; Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut and former U.S. senator; Nir Shaviv, professor of astrophysics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Henk Tennekes, former director, Royal Dutch Meteorological Service; Antonio Zichichi, president of the World Federation of Scientists, Geneva.; “No Need to Panic About Global Warming”; 1/27/12; available at: http:~/~/online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577171531838421366.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read(%%); JN)

In September, Nobel Prize-winning … control policies are not justified economically. 

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CP text:

The United States Federal Government should research and develop, through other transactions authority, small modular reactors and procure electricity from these reactors for military bases in the United States.

The CP doesn’t use Other Transactions Authority to obtain electricity- 2 net-benefits

1) The plan doesn’t actually do anything

The DoD is only authorized to use Other Transactions for research and weapons prototypes- NOT obtaining electricity- prefer this evidence because it quotes the actual legislation, this is their author

Halchin 11 (7-15, L. Elaine, Specialist in American National Government, congressional research service, Federation of American Scientists, “Other Transaction (OT) Authority,” http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34760.pdf)

Congress authorized the use … violations of this section.

61

2) Waste

OTAs should be limited as much as possible

McCaul 8 (2-7, Michael T., U.S. Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district, JD St. Mary’s, “OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY: FLEXIBILITY AT THE EXPENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY?,” http:~/~/www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg44511/html/htm)

I understand that my colleagues … they be entered into lightly.

OTA risks fraud and abuse- have to be good stewards of American tax dollars

Langevin 8 (2-7, James R., U.S. Representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district, MA Public Administration Harvard U, “OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY: FLEXIBILITY AT THE EXPENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY?,” http:~/~/www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg44511/html/htm)

However, people closely … of American tax dollars.

Waste and fraud violates equality before the law

Dehaven 12 (http:~/~/www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pdf(% class="MsoHyperlink" %), corporate welfare in the federal budget, budget analyst for cato institute)

Policymakers claim that … in programs to terminate.

Securing equality before the law is the highest obligation of government

Justice Johnson 9 (retired justice, Fordham Urban Law Journal Volume 37, Issue 1 2009 Article 7 Equality Before the Law and the Social Contract: When Will the United States Finally Guarantee Its People the Equality Before the Law that the Social Contract Demands? Earl Johnson, Jrhttp:~/~/ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2326andcontext=cgi?article=2326andcontext=ulj(% class="StyleStyleBold12pt" style="font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt" %)r)

In 1919, Elihu Root, one of the most … for government itself. 222

Waste and fraud turns back case - constrained budgets mean reducing DOD energy costs is vital to national security

Peckinpaugh/McCain 12 (http:~/~/energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/php(% style="font-size: 10pt;" %)The Pentagon: A Leader on Clean Energy By Tim Peckinpaughhttp://energy.nationaljournal.com/contributors/tim-peckinpaugh.php(%%) Partner, KandL Gates Steve McCain co-authored this article. He's a retired Air Force Colonel who coordinates the national security and energy public policy practice at KandL Gates.)

DoD should not withdraw from recent opposition to its … clean energy economy.

Every dollar of new spending leaves the DOD with an strategic imbalance that weakens US force structure

Miller 12 (DOD lectures Congress on budget rules of the game, 5/31, Jason Miller, executive editor, Federal News Radio)

The Pentagon, again, is sending a warning to … Budget Control Act.

DOD energy budget already faces huge challenges.  Wasted funding risks undermining US warfighting capabilities

Cronk 12 (March 29, Officials: Energy Programs Vital to Defense Budget, By Terri Moon Cronk
 American Forces Press Service)

The Defense Department is striving to …, and we needed a great deal of fuel.”

DOD is uniquely vulnerable to waste and fraud.  Extend that OTA reduces oversight, While this may be desirable in the RandD stage because you care more about perfecting a prototype than managing costs, it means plan risks higher energy costs in “obtaining electricity” using OTA after the tech is developed and commercialized.

GAO – 12 (http:~/~/www.ihs.com/news/2006/gao-dod-weaknesses.htm,htm,July 19, 06 DOD faces vulnerabilities to contracting fraud, waste abuse)

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces … fraud through training and newsletters.

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2NC Accidents

--AT: Underground

Not safe, underground make it worse

Makhijani and Boyd ’10 (Arjun Makhijani and Michele Boyd, Arjun Makhijani is nuclear engineer who is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research,  Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and Physicians for Social Responsibility, Michele Boyd is former director of the Safe Energy Program at Physicians for ... Staff Scientist at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, “Small Modular Reactors No Solution for the Cost, Safety, and Waste Problems of Nuclear Power”, http:~/~/ieer.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pdf(%%), September 2010, LEQ)

In addition, the use of plutonium fuel or … example, in the event of an accident.

Spencer, research fellow in nuclear energy – Heritage Foundation, and Loris, research associate for energy – Heritage, 2/2/’11

(Jack and Nicolas, http:~/~/www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/02/org/research/reports/2011/02/a-big-future-for-small-nuclear-reactors)

Small modular reactors (SMRs) have …. the government’s inability to meet its nuclear waste disposal obligations.

--Accidents Links

Any reduction of restrictions increases the risk of a link to the accidents DA

McCormick 12; (Dr. Colin McCormick, currently the Senior Advisor for RandD in the Office of the Under Secretary at the Department of Energy. He previously served as the Team Lead for Emerging Technologies in the Building Technologies Program of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Prior to joining the Department of Energy he was an energy and security analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a staff member with the House Science and Technology Committee, and an AAAS Congressional Fellow on the staff of Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts. Dr. McCormick received his PhD in atomic and optical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and did post-doctoral work in quantum optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the group of 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate William Phillips; Dr. McCormick reviewed, revised and approved the below text for publication. Specifically, this interview began as discussions that took place on October 17, 2012 and October 22, 2012, with questions being asked by members of GWDebate (Francisco Bencosme, Kevin Bertram, Lauren Cashmore, Paul Hayes, Joseph Nelson and Kyla Sommers). The below questions and Dr. McCormick's transcribed answers were then sent to Dr. McCormick for review, revision and approval for publication; 10/22/12; http:~/~/debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=3url:http://debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=3(%%); JN)

 D+TRW: What steps might be taken to streamline …regulated technology development.

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Russia’s way behind

WNN 10, World Nuclear News, “India’s Nuclear Push”, September 23, http:~/~/csis.org/blog/india%E2%80%99s-org/blog/india%E2%80%99s-nuclear-push

It’s happening– second-tier nuclear … with Turkey and Vietnam.

No risk of Russian-US war – 3 reasons.

Aron ’06 Leon, Director of Russian Studies at AEI, Jun 29, “The United States and Russia,” http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.24606/pub_detail.asp

Yet the probability of a frontal … the U.S. spent ($522 billion).

Latin America is not a global threat – historical and religious backgrounds block violent conflict

Blanco et al., RIDES Executive Director, 9

(Hernan, Founding Partner of Recursos e Investigacion para el Desarello Sustenable RIDES in Chile, Edmundo Claro, RIDES associate researcher, Peter Goldschagg, RIDES associate researcher, Alejandra Ruiz-Dana, RIDES researcher, “Regional integration, trade and conflicts in Latin America,” Regional trade integration and conflict resolution, ed. Dr. Shaheen Khan, 2009, Google Books, p.15-18)

Historically, wars in Latin America have taken place …, was manifested in the shape of integrated responses.   

Tournament: Districts1 | Round: 1 | Opponent: Georgetown EM | Judge: Poapst

Human capital key to prevent shortages in the industry – Diagostino indicates that’s key to coming up with solutions to fight disease – outweighs – diseases cant be deterred like conflicts – that’s probability. And impact defense doesn’t apply

The West Australian, 8

(The West Australian (Perth), "The silent future threat," 2008, l/n, accessed 9-16-12)

"If we do not bring the Third World with us, we will continue to have … on our own innovations and man-made solutions."

Takes out solvency- nuclear labs are a pre-req

LANL, 8

(Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Advanced Nuclear Energy," 6-15-8, www.lanl.gov/news/factsheets/pdf/AdvancedNuclear.pdf, accessed 9-16-12)

Nuclear energy is an important source of power, …. to macroscale modeling of an entire facility.

Key to nuclear power- actinide science- human capital is key

LANL, 7

(Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Preferred Alternative," 12-18-7, www.lanl.gov/news/factsheets/complex_trans.shtml, accessed 9-16-12, mss)

The preferred alternative selection confirms that … of current and future missions.

Human capital key to the Stewardship Program

Y-12 Release 8; (“Y-12 Completes Canned Subassembly Refurbishment for B61 MOD 7/11 Life Extension Program”; 6/25/10; http:~/~/www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=128url:http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=128(%%); JN)

 In ceremonies held today at Y-12, Tom D’Agostino, deputy administrator for … program will continue this year, with full production to begin in FY 2007. The B61 refurbishment program at Y-12 is scheduled to be completed by the end of FY 2008. The Y-12 National Security Complex, managed and operated by BWXT Y-12 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, manufactures nuclear weapons components and subassemblies for the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration. BWXT Y-12 is a limited liability enterprise of BWX Technologies and Bechtel National, Inc.

That’s is key to START

Nuclear Posture Review Report 10; (April 2010; http:~/~/www.defense.gov/npr/docs/2010%20nuclear%20posture%20review%20report.pdf(%%); JN)

 Second, implementation of … START and beyond.

solves accidental Russian war—turns case

Bergmann 10; Max Bergmann is a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Analyst for American Progress.; 9/15/10; “Ratify New START”; http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/09/conservatives_newstart.html

U.S. national security … maintain nuclear stability.

No impact to their uq

Baker, 12 -- Energy Boom writer

(Joseph, "Obama's Proposed 2013 Budget Allots $27 Billion for the Department of Energy," 2-14-12, www.energyboom.com/policy/united-states-obamas-proposed-2013-budget-decreases-doe-funding, accessed 9-13-12)

President Barack Obama … the Administration is succeeding.

Status quo means are SUFFICIENT but the plan makes it UNTENABLE

APS 8

APS (American Physical Society), Report from the APS Panel on Public Affairs Committee on Energy and Environment, June 2008, Readiness of the U.S. Nuclear Workforce for 21st Century Challenges, http:~/~/www.aps.org/policy/reports/popa-reports/upload/pdf(%%); JN

4. The continuing, largely … each play a major role.

There is a lack of expertise now—trade-offs are the only option

APS 8

APS (American Physical Society), Report from the APS Panel on Public Affairs Committee on Energy and Environment, June 2008, Readiness of the U.S. Nuclear Workforce for 21st Century Challenges, http:~/~/www.aps.org/policy/reports/popa-reports/upload/pdf(%%); JN

This is a crisis situation ... (See Ref. 6 in Appendix F.)

*Link Wall 2NC

They say no link - Its’ zero-sum- building new plants requires massive human capital

Lorentzen, 8 -- Human Sciences Research Council chief research specialist

(Jo, PhD from the European University Institute in Italy, worked at universities and research institutes in Europe and in the US for a decade during which he taught courses on international business and economic development, and Il-Haam Petersen "Human Capital Dynamics in Three Technology Platforms: Nuclear, Space and Biotechnology," March 2008, https://www.labour.gov.za/downloads/documents/research-documents/Technology%20Platforms.pdf, accessed 9-6-12, mss)

For the new build programme, the time lines are … and whoever else makes up its consortium.

DOD production of SMRs take away from DOE labs

McCormick 12; (Dr. Colin McCormick, currently the Senior Advisor for RandD in the Office of the Under Secretary at the Department of Energy. He previously served as the Team Lead for Emerging Technologies in the Building Technologies Program of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Prior to joining the Department of Energy he was an energy and security analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a staff member with the House Science and Technology Committee, and an AAAS Congressional Fellow on the staff of Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts. Dr. McCormick received his PhD in atomic and optical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and did post-doctoral work in quantum optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the group of 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate William Phillips; Dr. McCormick reviewed, revised and approved the below text for publication. Specifically, this interview began as discussions that took place on October 17, 2012 and October 22, 2012, with questions being asked by members of GWDebate (Francisco Bencosme, Kevin Bertram, Lauren Cashmore, Paul Hayes, Joseph Nelson and Kyla Sommers). The below questions and Dr. McCormick's transcribed answers were then sent to Dr. McCormick for review, revision and approval for publication; 10/22/12; http:~/~/debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=3url:http://debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=3(%%); JN)

 D+TRW: What is …. Not to mention extremely costly.

*A2 link turn

The link turn is false and is a new link—massive shortages now cannot be solved by massive federal government support and university programs don’t have a future

APS 8

APS (American Physical Society), Report from the APS Panel on Public Affairs Committee on Energy and Environment, June 2008, Readiness of the U.S. Nuclear Workforce for 21st Century Challenges, http:~/~/www.aps.org/policy/reports/popa-reports/upload/pdf(%%); JN

Scenario 2: Doubling the Number … require a significant long-term Federal effort.

a/t: Not zero sum

It’s zero sum

McCormick 12; (Dr. Colin McCormick, currently the Senior Advisor for RandD in the Office of the Under Secretary at the Department of Energy. He previously served as the Team Lead for Emerging Technologies in the Building Technologies Program of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Prior to joining the Department of Energy he was an energy and security analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a staff member with the House Science and Technology Committee, and an AAAS Congressional Fellow on the staff of Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts. Dr. McCormick received his PhD in atomic and optical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and did post-doctoral work in quantum optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the group of 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate William Phillips; Dr. McCormick reviewed, revised and approved the below text for publication. Specifically, this interview began as discussions that took place on October 17, 2012 and October 22, 2012, with questions being asked by members of GWDebate (Francisco Bencosme, Kevin Bertram, Lauren Cashmore, Paul Hayes, Joseph Nelson and Kyla Sommers). The below questions and Dr. McCormick's transcribed answers were then sent to Dr. McCormick for review, revision and approval for publication; 10/22/12; http:~/~/debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=3url:http://debateandtherealworld.com/article.php?id=3(%%); JN)

D+TRW: What issues … that to the DOE.