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-====A~~ is the CP text – the United States federal government will replace all nuclear reactors with liquid fluoride thorium reactors.==== |
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-Trott 12. Trott, Tim. (Independent Journalist at Thom Hartmann) "Yet another reason why US should start switching to Thorium (LFTR) power generation NOW" 29 Jul, 2012. Web. August 8, 2016. http://www.thomhartmann.com/users/timtrott/blog/2012/07/yet-another-reason-why-us-should-start-switching-thorium-lftr-power-gene |
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-Low water tables (drought) and higher water temperatures (warming) are forcing |
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-entire planet looks like an old Mad Max movie before we wake up? |
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-====CP solves the aff – not susceptible to ~~aff harms~~.==== |
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-Siegel 12. Siegel, RP. (author and inventor, shines a powerful light on numerous environmental and technological topics. o-author, with Roger Saillant, of Vapor Trails, an adventure novel that shows climate change from a human perspective. RP is a professional engineer - a prolific inventor with 52 patents and President of Rain Mountain LLC a an independent product development group) "Liquid Fluoride Thorium Power: Pros and Cons" 23 Apr, 2012. Web. August 9, 2016. http://www.triplepundit.com/special/energy-options-pros-and-cons/liquid-fluoride-thorium-power-pros-cons/ |
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-Unlike conventional light water reactor designs, the liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) |
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--trailer and used in a distributed manner. (5,12) |
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-====LFTR's solve safety and waste – empirically proven.==== |
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-Lerner 12. Lerner, George. (Independent Journalist) "LFTR – A Nuclear Reactor That Can't Melt Down? No High-Pressure Coolant? Consumes Nuclear Waste? Yes!" 17 Jan 2012. Web. August 9, 2016. http://liquidfluoridethoriumreactor.glerner.com/2012-what-is-a-lftr/ |
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-A Molten Salt Reactors, such as Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR, pronounced |
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-safety features handle emergencies, even if no water or power is available. |
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-====Thorium reactors enable us to sidestep fossil fuels – key to solving for warming and oil dependence.==== |
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-Boyle 10. Boyle, Rebecca. (Political Reporter at Popular Science) Popular Science. The Telegraph. "DEVELOPMENT OF TINY THORIUM REACTORS COULD WEAN THE WORLD OFF OIL IN JUST FIVE YEARS" 30 August, 2010. Web. August 8, 2016. http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-08/thorium-reactors-could-wean-world-oil-just-five-years |
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-An abundant metal with vast energy potential could quickly wean the world off oil, |
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-Project. A thorium stimulus could be just what the lagging economy needs. |