Crane-Salmens Aff

Plan: United States Federal Government should provide incentives to increase Thorium fueled Nuclear Molten Salt Reactors.

Inherency: Domestic nuclear industry isn’t interested in thorium now
Garber, Writer for U.S. News & World Report, 4-1-09

Thorium revival is inevitable—the only question is whether the U.S. is a follower or a leader
Martin, Pike Research Editorial Director, 5-4-12
(Richard, “Is Thorium A Magic Bullet For Our Energy Problems?,” Talk of the Nation Science Friday, National Public Radio, accessed 8-20-12, p. Lexis) 

Solvency: United States could still lead thorium revolution
Sadar, Geneva College Professor, 12
(Anthony J., June 22, “Superfuel: Thorium, The Green Energy Source for the Future,” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/22/fueling-future-of-nuclear-power/, accessed 8-24-12, hec)

Thorium is the solution
Hargraves, Dartmouth University Professor, 12
(Robert, August 5, “Thorium: Energy Cheaper than Coal,” http://energyfromthorium.com/, accessed 9-3-12, hec)

Federal incentives are vital to spur investment and innovation in the energy sector—nuclear power is one example
American Energy Innovation Council, 11
(“Catalyzing American Ingenuity: The Role of Government in Energy Innovation,” January 2011, accessed 9-13-12, http://americanenergyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/AEIC_Catalyzing_Ingenuity_2011.pdf

Advantage 1 Helium 3

Thorium fueled reactors solve for the helium-3 isotope shortage
Thorium Energy Alliance, 12
(“A Thorium-Fueled Reactor to Produce Rare Radioactive Materials for Commercial and National-Security Applications,” accessed 10-4-12, http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ThoriumFueled-Reactor-Produce-Rare-Radioactive-2151476.S.103186934) 

Helium-3 is key to advances in quantum computing
Hsu, Reporter for the New Scientist, 4-19-10
(Jeremy, “Congress to Address Helium-3 Shortage Hurting Scientific Research and Nuclear Security,” accessed 10-9-12, http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-04/helium-3-shortage-hits-scientific-research-and-nuclear-security) 

Quantum computing allows us to better understand ontological questions  
Rothman, instructor in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 11-26-11
(Joshua, “A computer that thinks like the universe,” accessed 10-10-12, http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2011/11/25/computer-that-thinks-like-universe/g1FKng74ydOH2B802BPY3N/story.html

Ethics: 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
(Danielle, “The State of Environmental Justice in High-Level Nuclear Waste Siting Decisions,” accessed 8-22-12, http://www.ejconference.net/images/Endres.pdf)

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
(Bill and Laura, Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice, Google Books, accessed 8-22-12, http://books.google.com/books?id=uHPoATIWeZcC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq=moral+obligation+to+fight+environmental+racism&source=bl&ots=_KMwaDCwhg&sig=ykDE6YcjvBAaBuizwg6qGNHtntI&sa=X&ei=jok1UL-oLIa09QS0wICIBA&sqi=2&ved=0CDoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=moral%20obligation%20to%20fight%20environmental%20racism&f=false) 

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) 

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

Nuclear waste will be stored on Native American lands—and dumping nuclear waste on Native American lands is a clear example of environmental discrimination—this contributes to the overall structure of racial subordination and domination
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) 

Moral obligation to dismantle racism
Barndt (co-director of Ministry Working to Dismantle Racism) 1991
["Dismantling Racism" p. 155]

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)

Thorium is absolutely safe – it can use nuclear waste
Martin, Wired Science Contributing Editor, 11
(Richard, February 1, “China Takes Lead in Race for Clean Nuclear Power,” http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/china-thorium-power/, accessed 8-23-12, hec)

Advantage 3: Prolif inevitable
Alagappa, Senior fellow at the East-West Center, 9
(Muthiah, “Nuclear Weapons Reinforce Security and Stability in 21st Century Asia,” Global Asia, Volume 4, Spring 2009, da 9-27-12, mee)

Thorium solves nuclear terrorism
Martin, Wired Science Contributing Editor, 9
(Richard, December 21, “Uranium is so Last Century: Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke,” http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_new_nukes/all/1, accessed 8-25-12, hec)

Thorium is safe
Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor-The Daily Telegraph, 11+
(Ambrose, March 20, “Safe Nuclear Does Exist and China is Leading the Way with Thorium,” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8393984/Safe-nuclear-does-exist-and-China-is-leading-the-way-with-thorium.html, accessed 8-25-12, hec)

A nuclear terrorist strike causes US-China-Russia war, environmental collapse, and extinction
Morgan, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 2009
(Dennis, World on fire: two scenarios of the destruction of human civilization and possible extinction of the human race Futures, Volume 41, Issue 10, December, ldg)