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-====Counterplan Text: The United States federal government ought to |
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-1 shift to thorium fueled molten salt reactors. |
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-2 use floating nuclear power plants. |
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-3 dispose of waste in the ocean sub seabed.==== |
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-====Thorium fueled reactors solve radiation, safety, and waste. This card ENDS the debate. Petersen et al 13:==== |
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-Walter Petersen, PhD in Hydrology and Meteorology, works at NASA. Jordan Ott, lead researcher @ Sensors, Energy, and Automation laboratory, Electrical Engineering @ U Wash. Garrison Burger, Mechanical Engineer at Spaceflight Industries. Vibinash Thomas, Electricial Engineer @ Electroimpact, Embedded Computing expert, awarded the Higgs Osborn prize of U Wash dept of physics. Jim Coy, U Wash nanodevice lab. Andrew Countryman, senior in Mechanical Engineering specializing in Mechatronics. “The Thorium Transition” grant proposal for the Department of Energy. Feb 26, 2013. SA-IB |
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-All of the aforementioned problems … opposed to a uranium reactor 18. |
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-====Thorium nuclear reactors can float and floating nuclear power is viable. Conca 16:==== |
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-James, scientist in the field of the earth and environmental sciences for 33 years, specializing in geologic disposal of nuclear waste, energy-related research, planetary surface processes, radiobiology and shielding for space colonies, subsurface transport and environmental clean-up of heavy metals. Trustee of the Herbert M. Parker Foundation and consult on strategic planning for the DOE, EPA/State environmental agencies. Consults for EPA/State environmental agencies and industry on clean-up of heavy metals from soil and water. Member of Sierra Club, Greenpeace, the NRDC, the Environmental Defense Fund and many others, as well as professional societies including the America Nuclear Society, the American Chemical Society, the Geological Society of America and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. “China Plans A Floating Nuclear Power Plant” Jan 18, 2016. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/01/18/china-builds-a-floating-nuclear-power-plant/#4a2501c254ac SA-IB |
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-China is working on a … and large light water reactors. |
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-====Sub seabed disposal solves the aff. Wilson 14==== |
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-Wilson, exec editor of environmental building news. “Safe Storage of Nuclear Waste” www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/energy-solutions/safe-storage-nuclear-waste |
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-The big question now is … would be far less expensive. |