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-Counterplan Text: The US Federal Government should convert all existing nuclear reactors into small modular reactors. |
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-SMRs solve nuclear downsides |
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-- 1. They are much smaller which means that they cost a lot less/they also do produce less energy but less complexity is involved. |
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-- 2. Standard design that can be fabricated in factories so construction costs are less, don't depend too much on overseas pricing. Three year time and 1/3 of workforce compared to current plants |
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-- 3. Clusters of SMRs meet energy needs and satisfy all units |
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-- 4. Below ground means that loss of coolant accidents don't occur, and has natural convection cooling system |
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-Ringle 10 John, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State University, "Reintroduction of reactors in US a major win", November 13, robertmayer.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/reintroduction-of-reactors-in-us-a-major-win/ |
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-Small nuclear reactors ... accidents could occur. |
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-SMRs are a significant safety upgrade~-~--no need for outside electricity, deals with earthquakes and better waste storage |
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-- They utilize gravity driven or natural convection systems, so they are cooled that way |
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-- There is no large external piping that is required either |
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-- Major reactor vessels are placed underground which dampens the effects of the earth movements |
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-- Underground storage for spent fuel which solves waste issues |
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-Rosner and Goldberg 11 Robert, William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physics, and the College; Senior Fellow, Computation Institute; Director, Energy Policy Institute; Enrico Fermi Institute; Harris School of Public Policy and Stephen, Special Assistant to the Director, Argonne National Laboratory, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, "Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S.", November, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdf |
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-While the focus ... of this paper. |
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-SMRs key to smart, decentralized grids |
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-- small reactors don't provide too much energy when compartmentalized which doesn't overload transmission lines |
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-- they can help bring energy to areas that are detached from the grid. |
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-Loudermilk 11—Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University (Micah, Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs, www.ensec.org/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=314:small-nuclear-reactors-and-us-energy-security-concepts-capabilities-and-costsandcatid=116:content0411andItemid=375) |
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-Other indirect cost-saving ... become a reality. |
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-The plan leaves thousands of tons of radioactive waste to be buried in Native lands |
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-Lopez 04 (Bayley Radioactive Reservation: The Uphill Battle to Keep Nuclear Waste Off Native American Land Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 9/1/04 https://www.wagingpeace.org/radioactive-reservation-the-uphill-battle-to-keep-nuclear-waste-off-native-american-land/ Acc 10/22/16) |
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-Nuclear waste is ... give them sovereignty. |