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Advantage 1- Econ

Nuclear industry is key to the economy – high skilled workers, manufacturing and construction sectors. Even the prospect of new plants sends a signal – solves short and long-term growth.

NEI 9 ("New Nuclear Power Plants Will Spure U.S. Economy, Help Achieve Climate Change Goals" November 10 2009 www.nei.org/newsandevents/newsreleases/new-nuclear-power-plants-will-spur-us-economy-help-achieve-climate-change-goals-/)

Increased use of nuclear energy to meet rising electricity demand with a clean-air
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sector, including additional policy support from the federal government," she said.

Nuclear industry solves short and long-term economic growth – your time-frame take-outs don~~~’t apply

NEI 12 (Nuclear Energy Institute "Nuclear Energy~~~’s Economic Benefits — Current and Future" April 2012 http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/whitepaper/jobs/)**

The nuclear energy industry can play an important role in job creation and economic growth
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in-clude design and engineering, manufacturing, information technology and transportation.

Manufacturing down now – transitioning to high-tech sector

Swezey and McConaghy 11 (Devon Swezey and Ryan McConaghy, the Schwartz Initiative On American Economic Policy "Manufacturing Growth: Advanced Manufacturing and the Future of the american Economy" October 2011)

The manufacturing sector has been in relative decline for some time. From 1957 to
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- turing in our economy and the design of national policy toward manufacturing.

Nuclear renaissance key to jumpstart US manufacturing – role model for the industry

McAndrews 10 (Elizabeth McAndrew-Benavides, President of North American Young Generation "Nuclear Industry Workforce Eduction Revitalizes Skilled Labor and Manufacturing Careers" November 16, 2010 www.cleanenergyinsight.org/energy-insights/nuclear-industry-workforce-education-revitalizes-skilled-labor-and-manufacturing-careers/)

By 2006, manufacturing employment shrunk to a mere 10 percent of U.S
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of new careers and economic expansion. In fact, it already has.

====High-tech manufacturing key to job creation and overall economic growth====
Swezey and McConaghy 11 (Devon Swezey and Ryan McConaghy, the Schwartz Initiative On American Economic Policy "Manufacturing Growth: Advanced Manufacturing and the Future of the american Economy" October 2011)

Advanced manufacturing is vital to widespread job creation and economic growth. Manufacturing already has
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negatively impact U.S. competitiveness in high-tech services.34 

Nuclear power is a significant portion of our baseload energy—maintaining it is key to the economy

NEI 2012(Nuclear Energy Institute, "Myths %26 Facts About Energy Supply", ~~~[~~~[http://www.nei.org/newsandevents/nei-backgrounders/myths—facts-about-nuclear-energy/myths—facts-about-energy-supply-http://www.nei.org/newsandevents/nei-backgrounders/myths—facts-about-nuclear-energy/myths—facts-about-energy-supply~~~]~~~])

Myth: Renewables and efficiency can meet all the nation~~~’s energy needs. Fact:
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electricity sources such as wind and solar are incapable of generating baseload electricity.

====Economic decline causes every major impact====
Green and Schrage 9 (Michael J and Steven,.,Senior Advisor and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Associate Professor at Georgetown University, the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business and a former senior official with the US Trade Representative~~~’s Office, State Department and Ways %26 Means Committee.   "It~~~’s not just the economy," Asia Times Online, March 26, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/KC26Dk01.html AD 6/30/09) 

Facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, analysts at the World Bank
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collaboration on common threats and slow the prospects for more rapid recovery. 

Economic decline causes war – studies prove

Royal, Director Cooperative Threat Reduction DOD, ~~~’10 (Jedediah, "Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises" in ~~~’Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives~~~’ ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215)
Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict
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not featured prominently in the economic-security debate and deserves more attention.

Economic leadership prevents global economic collapse – resiliency is inevitable unless US influence collapses

Mandelbaum 2005(Michael, Professor and Director of the American Foreign Policy Program at Johns Hopkins, The Case for Goliath: How America Acts As the World~~~’s Government in the Twenty-First Century, p. 192-195)

Although the spread of nuclear weapons, with the corresponding increase in the likelihood that
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United States would in this way resemble a fleet of cars without gasoline.

Advantage 2- Environment

Plan is uniquely key to create a viable nuclear industry that can solve warming

Reilly 1995 (Kathleen, J.D. Candidate at Indiana University School of Law, Spring, "Global Benefits Versus Local Concerns: The Need for a Bird~~~’s Eye View of Nuclear Energy", 70 Indiana Law Journal, 679)

If nuclear energy production ceases, the nation will be forced to turn to alternatives
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Commission to effectively regulate nuclear development from a national and even global perspective.

And United States leadership on nuclear power is vital to create a sustainable global nuclear power industry and prevent warming

Weart 2012 (Spencer R, ~~~’physicist~~~’ "Shunning Nuclear Power Will Lead to a Warmer World," March 26,
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/shunning_new_nuclear_power_plants_will_lead_to_warmer_world/2510/)

A disaster began when a tsunami struck the Fukushima nuclear reactors a little more than
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from staving off the all too real danger of a global climate disaster.

Nuclear is the only feasible coal replacement

Bosselman 7 (Fred Bosselman, Professor of Law Emeritus, Chicago-Kent College of Law. Professor Bosselman is not affiliated with any company or agency that promotes nuclear power "The Ecological Advantages Of Nuclear Power" New York University Environmental Law Journal, Volume 15, March 15, 2007)

I. Coal and nuclear power are the realistic choices to meet the need for
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base-load power, the choice is between coal and nuclear power.

Warming is real and human caused – an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence

Rahmstorf 2008 (Stefan, Professor at the Postdam Institute for Climate Research, "Anthropogenic Climate Change: Revisiting the Facts," ~~~[~~~[http://www.pik-http:www.pik/~~~]~~~] potsdam.de/~~~~stefan/Publications/Book_chapters/Rahmstorf_Zedillo_2008.pdf)

This paper discussed the evidence for the anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration and the
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that anthropogenic global warming is a reality with which we need to deal.

Prefer our evidence, it~~~’s peer reviewed- Relevant peer review good—it~~~’s the bedrock of modern scientific legitimacy and should be the lens for evaluating evidence in warming debates—even if their authors are peer reviewed, they should be rejected if their articles aren~~~’t in a relevant field

Guldberg 6/16/11 (Ove, Director, Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland in Australia, "Who~~~’s Your Expert? The Difference Between Peer Review and Rhetoric,"  http://theconversation.edu.au/whos-your-expert-the-difference-between-peer-review-and-rhetoric-1550, AM)

Peer review is the basis of modern scientific endeavour. It underpins research and validates
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to the experts and not the unsubstantiated opinions of those that are not.

Peer review good—eliminates bias—the negative~~~’s evidence doesn~~~’t meet this standard

Lewandowsky 6/20/11 (Stephan, "Australian Professorial Fellow, Cognitive Science Laboratories at University of Western Australia," "Climate change denial and the abuse of peer review ," http://theconversation.edu.au/climate-change-denial-and-the-abuse-of-peer-review-1552, AM)

On 20 April 2010, a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico
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and ethics in pursuit of their agenda to delay action on climate change.

Warming causes extinction

Sify 2010 – Sydney newspaper citing Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, professor at University of Queensland and Director of the Global Change Institute, and John Bruno, associate professor of Marine Science at UNC; Sify News, "Could unbridled climate changes lead to human extinction?", http://www.sify.com/news/could-unbridled-climate-changes-lead-to-human-extinction-news-international-kgtrOhdaahc.html
The findings of the comprehensive report: ~~~’The impact of climate change on the world~~~’s
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, according to a GCI release. These findings were published in Science.  
Global warming leads to extinction
David Stein, Science editor for The Guardian, 7-14-2008, "Global Warming Xtra: Scientists warn about Antarctic melting," ~~~[~~~[http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/07/14/02463.html-http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/07/14/02463.html~~~~~~]~~~]
Global Warming continues to be approaches by governments as a "luxury" item,
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of most flora and fauna beloved to man in the world we share. 

Acting now prevents runaway warming—newest studies

Romm 2012(Joe, Fellow at American Progress and is the editor of Climate Progress, Ph.D. in physics from MIT, March 1, "Bombshell: You Can~~~’t Slow Projected Warming With Gas, You Need ~~~’Rapid and Massive Deployment~~~’ of Zero-Carbon Power", ~~~[~~~[http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/03/01/428764/ddrop-in-warming-requires-rapid-massive-deployment039-of-zero-carbon-power-not-gas/?mobile=nc)jn-http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/03/01/428764/ddrop-in-warming-requires-rapid-massive-deployment039-of-zero-carbon-power-not-gas/?mobile=nc)jn~~~~~~]~~~]

Much of the media coverage of this study has been of the form, "
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plants and replace them with very-low-carbon systems or conservation:

Solvency

Plan: The United States Supreme Court should rule that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the sole authority to regulate the nuclear industry based on the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.

Court clarification of NWPA key – only actor that can solve.

Harper 11 (Richard S. Harper, attorney for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission "Pacific Gas and Electric Revisited: Federal Preemption of State Nuclear Moritoria, Journal of Energy and Environmental Law, Summer 2011)

The Court also failed to examine the NWPA in sufficient detail.121 The Court
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resolved until the Supreme Court hears a case regarding preemption and the NWPA.

====The courts can overrule state regulations on nuclear power ====
Harper 11 (Richard S. Harper, attorney for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission "Pacific Gas and Electric Revisited: Federal Preemption of State Nuclear Moritoria, Journal of Energy and Environmental Law, Summer 2011)

Courts can unilaterally issue a ruling overturning PG%26E – three warrants: 1
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contrary to the concerns expressed by the Court in PG%26E.129

State restrictions have ended industrial advancement—even licensed plants are blocked by the states

Garvey 11 (Todd Garvey, Legislative attorney for the Congressional Research Service "State Authority to Regulate Nuclear Power: Federal Preemption Under the Atomic Energy Act" September 6, 2011)

A finding that a state law is grounded in nuclear safety concerns is not "
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operation of the plant in the face of a NRC approved operating license.