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+==Floating SMR CP== |
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+====The United States federal government should build floating Small Modular Nuclear Reactors. ==== |
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+====Mutually exclusive—the counterplan is functionally competitive because you can't prohibit production of nuclear power, while building reactors to produce nuclear power.==== |
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+====Also competes through net benefits.==== |
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+===Accidents=== |
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+====SMRs are safe—no risk of accidents—use of pre-existing technology from offshore drilling and nuclear submarines mean fast development.==== |
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+**Chandler 14** |
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+David L. Chandler, MIT News Office, The paper was co-authored by NSE students Angelo Briccetti, Jake Jurewicz, and Vincent Kindfuller; Michael Corradini of the University of Wisconsin; and Daniel Fadel, Ganesh Srinivasan, Ryan Hannink, and Alan Crowle of Chicago Bridge and Iron, based in Canton, Mass, The MIT Energy Initiative (MITei) is MIT's hub for research, education, campus energy management and outreach programs that cover all areas of energy supply and demand, security, and environmental impact, "Floating Nuclear Plants Could Ride Out Tsunamis", http://theenergycollective.com/energyatmit/369266/floating-nuclear-plants-could-ride-out-tsunamis, April 17, 2014 KF |
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+When an earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant complex in 2011, |
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+AND |
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+the authors have the answers to each question and the answers are realistic." |
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+===Warming=== |
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+====SMRs solve- DOE engagement key- collapse of nuclear industry means warming inevitable==== |
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+**Licata 14** |
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+John Licata** **(Founder and Chief Energy Strategist of Blue Phoenix Inc, Motley Fool) April 27 2014 "Can Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Find Their Sea Legs?", http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/27/can-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-find-their-sea.aspx |
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+Nuclear power plants do bring jobs to rural areas, and in some cases they |
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+another example of wasted energy innovation that could simply get buried at sea. |