Lim-Poulin Aff

1ac prolif

Advantage one is Prolif – 

Global interest makes nuclear industry expansion dangerous now
Banks and Ebinger, 11 [John P, Charles K, 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”, p. googlebooks] 

Nuclear energy is a twentieth-century innovation …. This is a major challenge for a regime already under stress.

Plan prevents global prolif and solidifies leadership
Wharton, 9/27/12 [Art Wharton is a principal project engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company LLC in Nuclear Power Plants Business & Project Development. He is a member of the ANS Planning Committee, ANS Public Policy Committee, the ANS Operations and Power Division Program Committee, is the Treasurer of the ANS Operations and Power Division, is the Pittsburgh ANS Local Section Past Chair, a Trustee on the Board of Pittsburgh’s Urban Pathways Charter School, and is a guest contributor to the ANS Nuclear Café, “U.S. Global Nuclear Leadership Through Export-Driven Engagement, http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2012/09/27/u-s-global-nuclear-leadership-through-export-driven-engagement/] 

It’s logical that ANS would want U.S. nuclear technology to dominate … market leader in the exportation of peaceful nuclear technology. But I’m not done.¶ 

US leadership offsets dangerous tech
Ferguson, 10 [Dr. Charles D. Ferguson, President of the Federation of American Scientists, Adjunct Professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and Adjunct Lecturer in the National Security Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University, May 19, 2010, Statement before the House Committee on Science and Technology for the hearing on Charting the Course for American Nuclear Technology: Evaluating the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap, http://www.fas.org/press/_docs/05192010_Testimony_HouseScienceCommHearing%20.pdf]
*PHWR = pressurized heavy water reactor

The United States and several other countries have … criteria present technical and political challenges.

And, the plan shapes international norms – history proves
Lieberman, 11 [November 15, 2011 Nonproliferation, Congress, and Nuclear Trade: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose¶ Jodi Lieberman Jodi Lieberman is senior government relations¶ specialist at the American Physical Society in¶ Washington, D.C, http://csis.org/files/publication/111116_nonproliferation_congress_and_nucleartrade.pdf

 U.S. Nonproliferation Influence  While 123 agreements are an important …  held in South Korea in 2012.

And, LFTR reactors are key – in situ reprocessing checks fissile diversion
Martin, 12 [May 8th, Richard, A contributing editor for Wired since 2002, he has written about energy, for Time, Fortune, The Atlantic, and the Asian Wall Street Journal, editorial director for Pike Research, the leading cleantech research and analysis firm, former Technology Producer for ABCNews.com, Technology Editor for The Industry Standard (2000-2001), and Editor-at- Large for Information Week (2005-2008), recipient of the “Excellence in Feature Writing" Award from the Society for Professional Journalists and the White Award for Investigative Reporting, Educated at Yale and the University of Hong Kong, , “SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future”, ISBN 978—0»230-116474]
*LFTR = liquid fluoride thorium reactor

IN REPORTING ON THE THORIUM POWER MOVEMENT, I heard plenty of reasons why it would ..n more detail in the final pages of this book.

And, the plan causes tech exports
Hargraves, 12  [July, Robert, Robert Hargraves has written articles and made presentations about the liquid fluoride thorium reactor and energy cheaper than from coal – the only realistic way to dissuade nations from burning fossil fuels. His presentation “Aim High” about the technology and social benefits of the liquid fluoride thorium reactor has been presented to audiences at Dartmouth ILEAD, Thayer School of Engineering, Brown University, Columbia Earth Institute, Williams College, Royal Institution, the Thorium Energy Alliance, the International Thorium Energy Association, Google, the American Nuclear Society, and the Presidents Blue Ribbon Commission of America’s Nuclear Future. With coauthor Ralph Moir he has written articles for the American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society: Liquid Fuel Nuclear Reactors (Jan 2011) and American Scientist: Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (July 2010). Robert Hargraves is a study leader for energy policy at Dartmouth ILEAD. He was chief information officer at Boston Scientific Corporation and previously a senior consultant with Arthur D. Little. He founded a computer software firm, DTSS Incorporated while at Dartmouth College where he was assistant professor of mathematics and associate director of the computation center. He graduated from Brown University (PhD Physics 1967) and Dartmouth College (AB Mathematics and Physics 1961).  THORIUM: energy cheaper than coal, ISBN: 1478161299, purchased online at Amazon.com] 

Export LFTR nuclear power plants. Simply .. …. energy. This will end C02-emitting energy from coal and reduce demand for energy from other fossil fuels.

Unmitigated tech breakout causes runaway prolif and nuclear war
Sokolski 9 [Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, 6/1/2009, Avoiding a Nuclear Crowd, http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/5534] 

Finally, several new nuclear weapons contenders are also .. of nuclear abolition, nor their critics, would ever want. None of this, however, is inevitable.

Federal action is key to reverse industry decline and influence reactor adoption
Wallace and Williams, 12 [Michael, Senior Adviser, U.S. Nuclear Energy Project, Sarah, CSIS, “Nuclear Energy in America: Preventing It’s Early Demise,” http://csis.org/files/publication/120417_gf_wallace_williams.pdf]

America’s nuclear energy industry is in decline. … industry and take action to prevent its early demise. 

Thorium is key – spurs elimination of plutonium stockpiles
Donohue, 8/27/12 [Nathan Donohue is a research intern for the Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS, “Thorium and its Value in Nonproliferation”, http://csis.org/blog/thorium-and-its-value-nonproliferation] 

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) recently featured an .. Reactor and Accelerator Driven System.

And, in-situ reprocessing removes plutonium – solves extinction from terrorism
Rhodes, 12 [February, Professor Chris Rhodes is a writer and researcher. He studied chemistry at Sussex University, earning both a B.Sc and a Doctoral degree (D.Phil.); rising to become the youngest professor of physical chemistry in the U.K. at the age of 34. A prolific author, Chris has published more than 400 research and popular science articles (some in national newspapers: The Independent and The Daily Telegraph) He has recently published his first novel, "University Shambles" was published in April 2009 (Melrose Books), “Hopes Build for Thorium Nuclear Energy”, http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Hopes-Build-for-Thorium-Nuclear-Energy.html] 

There is much written to the effect that thorium might .. that will be the fulcrum on which the survival of human civilization is poised.

1ac Heg

ADVANTAGE TWO IS Hege—

Current Chinese investments make thorium development inevitable, the plan prevents a monopoly through intellectual property control
Martin, 12 [May 8th, Richard, A contributing editor for Wired since 2002, he has written about energy, for Time, Fortune, The Atlantic, and the Asian Wall Street Journal, editorial director for Pike Research, the leading cleantech research and analysis firm, former Technology Producer for ABCNews.com, Technology Editor for The Industry Standard (2000-2001), and Editor-at- Large for Information Week (2005-2008), recipient of the “Excellence in Feature Writing" Award from the Society for Professional Journalists and the White Award for Investigative Reporting, Educated at Yale and the University of Hong Kong, , “SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future”, ISBN 978—0»230-116474]

GIVEN ALL THIS, I HAD TO ASK, why bother? Blessed with large….. monopoly: rare earth elements.¶ 

And, Chinese market dominance collapse US competitiveness
Wash Post 12 [Washington Post, 3-14, “America Is Letting China Steal Our Valuable Nuclear Innovations,” http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/03/america-is-letting-china-steal-our-valuable-nuclear-innovations.html]

The U.S. Is Letting China Steal Its Nuclear Innovations … Just Like .. … … operated Fukushima will build and run the U.S. plants as well.

The impact is hege.
Drezner 1 (Daniel Drezner (professor of international politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University) 2001 “State structure, technological leadership and the maintenance of hegemony” http://www.danieldrezner.com/research/tech.pdf)

In this decade, proponents of globalization argue that because .. .., leading to a period of strife until a new hegemonic power is found. 

U.S. Hegemony is key to check a great power war and extinction.

Wohlforth 9 (William C. Wohlforth, a professor of government at Dartmouth College, 2009 “Unipolarity, Status Competition, and Great Power War” Project Muse)
Second, I question the dominant view that status quo evaluations are .. in security and/or prosperity.
Solves escalation of global hotspots- retrenchment causes bickering internationally over leadership and prevents cooperation
Brzezinski 12 Zbigniew K. Brzezinski (CSIS counselor and trustee and cochairs the CSIS Advisory Board. He is also the Robert E. Osgood Professor of American Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C. February 2012 “After America” http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/03/after_america?page=0,0

For if America falters, the world is … or start bracing itself for a dangerous slide into global turmoil.

1ac plan

The United States Federal Government should establish a matching funds program and reduce licensing restrictions for Liquid Fluoride Thorium power production in the United States.
1ac solvency

Contention two is Solvency – 

The tech is feasible but the plan is vital
Martin, 12 [May 8th, Richard, A contributing editor for Wired since 2002, he has written about energy, for Time, Fortune, The Atlantic, and the Asian Wall Street Journal, editorial director for Pike Research, the leading cleantech research and analysis firm, former Technology Producer for ABCNews.com, Technology Editor for The Industry Standard (2000-2001), and Editor-at- Large for Information Week (2005-2008), recipient of the “Excellence in Feature Writing" Award from the Society for Professional Journalists and the White Award for Investigative Reporting, Educated at Yale and the University of Hong Kong, , “SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future”, ISBN 978—0»230-116474]

WHILE A NEW MANHATTAN PROIECT is not going to happen, some¶ … need is urgent. The choice¶ is ours.

Comprehensive international data proves the plan is feasible
Allen, 09 [Leslie Allen is a writer in Washington for the Washington Post, If Nuclear Power Has a More Promising Future ... Seth Grae Wants to Be the One Leading the Charge, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072401847_5.html

And what if the technology had already gotten positive reviews from .., but one: How come no one's heard of this technology? 

No tech obstacles to thorium reactors government support overcomes any issues.
Kazimi, ‘2
[Mujid, American Scientist, “Thorium Fuel for Nuclear Energy,”
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.884,y.0,no.,content.true,page.1,css.print/issue.aspx]

Even with a whole-assembly seed-and-blanket core, where each .. application, should policymakers push the nuclear industry in that direction.