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+Pain is bad and motivates us to be ethical, thus the standard is maximizing expected well being. I advocate that countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power. This aff is whole rez but draws advantages from different countries—neg can read any disad it wants to any country it wants and we just weigh costs and benefits holistically. I defend normal means—countries will phase out nuclear power similar to how Germany has. Lucas 12: |
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+Lucas 12 Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion and a member of the cross-party parliamentary environment audit committee, “Why we must phase out nuclear power,” The Guardian, February 17, 2012, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/feb/17/phase-out-nuclear-power |
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+Fukushima, like Chernobyl …. an airplane crash. |
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+Contention 1 is Armenia |
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+The Metsamor power plant – Armenia’s only form of nuclear power – is incredibly dangerous. It uses old tech, is unreliable, and lies on earthquake territory. |
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+Lavelle et al 11 Marianne Lavelle and Josie Garthwaite (National Geographic News) “Is Armenia's Nuclear Plant the World's Most Dangerous?” National Geographic News April 14th 2011 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/04/110412-most-dangerous-nuclear-plant-armenia/ |
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+In the shadow …. a new one. |
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+Lavelle 2 continues: But the VVER …. mitigation at all." |
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+Armenian Meltdown would cause massive life loss, kill agriculture, and threaten four other countries. |
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+Sahakyan 2 Armine (Human rights activist based in Armenia) “Armenia Continues to Gamble on Aging Nuclear Plant in a Quake-Prone Area” Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/armine-sahakyan/armenia-continues-to-gamb_b_9788186.html |
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+So Armenia continues ….. Georgia and Iran. |
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+Contention 2 is Taiwan |
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+Taiwan is uniquely vulnerable – nuclear meltdown is only a matter of time – 2 warrants. Shyi-min 15 |
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+In addition, many …. of nuclear power. |
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+Tech can’t solve. Chao 16 Deputy Minister of … April or May. |
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+Thanks for the feedback! Undo |
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+Closing ad: 1$d |
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+And, best case scenario for the neg is no meltdowns but even normally operating nuclear power plants significantly increase radiation risk. This means our impact is unavoidable. |
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+Alldred 9, Mary and Kristin Shrader-Frechette, 2012, Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, in Stony Brook, New York. Dr. Shrader-Frechette is O’Neill Fam- ily Endowed Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosoph, Environmental Injustice in Siting Nuclear Plants, 2009, |
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+http://www3.nd.edu/~kshrader/pubs/final-pdf-ej-nuke-siting-wi-Alldred_08-0544.pdf |
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+Even when reactors …. southeastern United States. |
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+Contention 3 is Animals |
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+Nuclear power kills billions of aquatic animals and can lead to ecosystem collapse. |
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+Cooper et al 8, Chistopher and Benjamin Sovacool, former Executive Director of the Network for New Energy Choices, Research Fellow in the Energy Governance Program at the Centre on Asia and Globaliaztion respectively, Nuclear Nonsense: Why Nuclear Power is No Answer to Climate Change and the World's Post- Kyoto Energy Challenges, p.61, http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040andcontext=wmelpr |
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+Nuclear plants do …. drinking water treatment." |
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+Evidence decisively concludes aff that fish feel pain- |
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+Singer 13, Peter, Fish: the forgotten victims on our plate, 2013, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/sep/14/fish-forgotten-victims |
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+Let’s assume that … to eating them. |