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The USFG should offer production incentives for implementing the use of Thorium in nuclear reactors. 

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he US will not introduce Thorium in nuclear reactors

Silverstein, Contributor: Energy Central Editor, 12

(Ken, April 18, “Nuclear Energy Accidents May Be a Thing of the Past,” http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2012/04/18/nuclear-energy-accidents-may-become-thing-of-past/, accessed 8/29/12, hec)

When it comes to nuclear power, … science will be applied elsewhere.

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United States should lead Thorium Research Efforts 3.
Martin, Wired Science Contributing Editor, 11.
(Martin, Richard. “China Takes Lead in Race for Clean Nuclear Power.” Feb. 1, 2011. DoA: Aug. 18).
China has officially announced it …. stated the Wen Hui Bao report.

Thorium prevents Proliferation 7.
Bryan, A. Canon. President and CEO of New Metals Energy Corporation, 09.
(Bryan, A. Canon. “Thorium as a Secure Nuclear Fuel Alternative.” 23 Apr. 2009. DoA: 29 Aug. 2012.)
(http://www.ensec.org/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=187:thorium-as-a-secure-nuclear-fuel-alternativeandcatid=94:0409contentandItemid=342). Trb.
America and the world face enormous challenges …  the world will become more secure. 

Prolif causes Extinction.
Utgoff, 02 

(Victor, Deputy Director for Strategy, Forces and Resources at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Survival, “Proliferation, Missile Defense and American Ambitions”, Volume 44, Number 2, Summer, p. 87-90)

In sum, widespread proliferation … even whole nations.

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Nuclear Reactors benefit the Economy 2.
Roland M. Frye, Senior Attorney in Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication of the US NRC, 08
Frye, M. Roland Jr., “The Current ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ in the United States, Its Underlying Reasons, and Its Potential Pitfalls,” Energy Law Journal 2008, LexisNexis.) Trb.
29 Energy L. J. 279
The "nuclear renaissance is here," … nuclear employees is rising, their numbers are f

IT'S IS KNOWN WORLDWIDE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR.
KEMENY,AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATION MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY ACADEMY AND IS A VISITING PROFESSORIAL RESEARCH FELLOW. HE HAS TAUGHT AT BRITISH, AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES AND IS A CONSULTING NUCLEAR ENGINEER AND PHYSICIST.
(Kemeny, Leslie “Nuclear is the greenest power option “ January 15, 2008)

INCREASINGLY THE WORLD'S …-science or political prejudice.

Creates Jobs
Ramli,New Straits Times (Malaysia)
(Ramli,  “TOL for Lamp 'much awaited'” September 9, 2012)
KUANTAN: THE TEMPORARY OPERATING LICENCE (TOL) GRANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR LYNAS ADVANCED MATERIAL PLANT (LAMP) TO PROCESS RARE EARTH FROM AUSTRALIA IS A MUCH AWAITED DECISION, SAID RADIOLOGY EXPERT DATUK DR LOOI HOONG WAH.
LAUDING THE MOVE, HE SAID … residue into a product and will choose a suitable market before exporting it out of the country," he said after launching "The Heart Exhibition" here yesterday.

Thorium Reactors benefit the Economy
Dove, Investment U executive editor, 11
(Dove, Justin. “The Future of Nuclear: Is Thorium a True Threat to Uranium?” Sept. 23, 2011. DoA: Aug.18).

Nuclear power took a huge public …. hit if this technology comes to fruition.

Thorium is Efficient
Martin, Wired Science Contributing Editor, 10.
(Martin, Richard. “Uranium is so Last Century – Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke.” Jan. 2010. DoA: Aug. 18).
The thick hardbound volume … can yield powerful effects. 

Economic growth is key to prevent multipolarity which causes great power wars.
Khalilzad, former director of policy planning at the Defense Department, 2011
(Zalmay, “The Economy and National Security”, 2-8, http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/259024/economy-and-national-security-zalmay-khalilzad?page=3, ldg)

Today, economic and fiscal trends …Chinese hegemony and aggression.

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Chinese thorium development ensures Sino leadership on world clean energy policies

Evans-Pritchard, Daily Telegraph International Business Editor, 3-20-11

(Ambrose, “Safe nuclear does exist, and China is leading the way with thorium,” Daily Telegraph, accessed 8-20-12, http:~/~/www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8393984/html(% lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt" %))

A few weeks before the tsunami struck… the West's entrenched consumption.

leadership in clean energy markets is key to accelerate the installation of modern energy services worldwide

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 08

(“Strengthening U.S. Leadership  of International Clean Energy Cooperation,” December 2008, accessed 8-20-12, http://www.nrel.gov/international/pdfs/44261.pdf)

…consistent with Millennium development goals.

Access to modern energy services is key to reduce global poverty

International Energy Agency, 11

cessed 9-2-12, http:~/~/www.iea.org/Papers/2011/weo2011_energy_for_pdf(% lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt" %)) “Energy For All: Financing access for the poor,” Octobe9 accessed)

Energy is a critical enabler…

Global poverty kills tens of millions each year

Abu-Jamal, Social Activist, 9-19-98

(Mumia, “A Quiet and Deadly Violence,” accessed 9-3-12, http:~/~/www.angelfire.com/az/catchphraze/mumiaswords.html#html#uiet(% lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt" %))

The deadliest form of… every decade throughout the world.

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USFG has no solution to the issue of what to do with nuclear waste
Jacobson, Seattle Times Reporter, 6-8-12

(Linda, “Nuclear Waste Storage: An ugly issue with no solution in sight,” The Seattle Times, http:~/~/blogs.seattletimes.com/uwelectioneye/2012/06/08/hanford-site-nuclear-waste-storage/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/uwelectioneye/2012/06/08/hanford-site-nuclear-waste-storage/(%%))

What do you do with… waste created for our defense.

Status quo storage policies concerning nuclear waste disproportionately effects minorities and is an example of environmental injustice

Endres, Univ. of Utah Assistant Prof. of Communication, 07

http://www.ejconference.net/images/Endres.pdf

For obvious reasons most people… decisions are fair and equitable.

We have a moral obligation to advocate for environmental justice

Lawson and Westra, Univ. of Memphis Philosophy Prof. and Univ. of Windsor Philosophy Prof., 01

http:~/~/books.google.com/books?id=uHPoATIWeZcCandpg=PR15andlpg=PR15anddq=moral+obligation+to+fight+environmental+racismandsource=blandots=_KMwaDCwhgandsig=ykDE6YcjvBAaBuizwg6qGNHtntIandsa=Xandei=jok1UL-oLIa09QS0wICIBAandsqi=2andved=0CDoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepageandq=moral%20obligation%20to%20fight%20environmental%20racismandf=com/books?id=uHPoATIWeZcCandpg=PR15andlpg=PR15anddq=moral+obligation+to+fight+environmental+racismandsource=blandots=_KMwaDCwhgandsig=ykDE6YcjvBAaBuizwg6qGNHtntIandsa=Xandei=jok1UL-oLIa09QS0wICIBAandsqi=2andved=0CDoQ6AEwCQ%23v=onepageandq=moral%20obligation%20to%20fight%20environmental%20racismandf=false

The continuing interest in Africana… in support of environmental justice.

Economic vulnerability and unique legal status ensures nuclear waste will be stored on Native American lands—this perpetuates radioactive colonialism

Lacey, Georgetown Univ. Law Center JD Candidate, 04

(Eric Jonathan, “Manifest Destiny's New Face: "Soft-Selling" Tribal Heritage Lands for Toxic Waste,” Georgetown Law Journal, January 2004, accessed 10-16-12, p. Lexis)

Today in what is touted… a new radioactive colonialism.

Radioactive colonialism results in extinction for indigenous peoples—and we have a moral obligation to take responsibility for it

Yokota, 02

(Ryan Masaaki, “Radioactive Colonization: The Impacts of Nuclear Weaponry on Non-White Populations,” accessed 10-16-12, http:~/~/www.buddhahead.org/writing/oped_082295.htm(% lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt" %))

Yet even beyond the actual… and who will be alive.

Moral obligation to dismantle racism

Barndt (co-director of Ministry Working to Dismantle Racism) 1991

"Dismantling Racism" p. 155

To study racism is to… not allow it to continue.

Concrete ethical action and values are necessary and good—this precedes ontology and theory, is a necessary condition of subjectivity, and is key to destroy the ideology of genocide.

Arnett, Duquesne University Communication Professor, 2003

(Ronald C., "The Responsive 'I': Levinas's Derivative Argument," Argumentation and Advocacy 40.1, pg. 39-43, cab)

Emmanuel Levinas, considered the premier… of philosophy, but first philosophy.

Thorium fueled LFTR’s solve for the current nuclear waste problem in the U.S.

Martin, Pike Research Editorial Director, 12

(Richard, Super Fuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future, page 77-79)

Because the core is liquid… plague today’s nuclear power industry.