Tournament: St Marks | Round: 2 | Opponent: HWL SP | Judge: Jenn Melin
Counterplan: Countries will invest in upgraded battery technology to decentralize the electricity grid. 

Competition: Nuclear power is not prohibited. 

Evans Pritchard is my solvency advocate. Battery technology is increasing, and more funding means a quicker transition.
Holy Grail of energy policy in sight as battery technology smashes the old order AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/10/holy-grail-of-energy-policy-in-sight-as-battery-technology-smash/
The world's next... oil either. Rejoice.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 6 | Opponent: Holy Cross RS | Judge: Chris Theis
Text: All countries should engage in prior binding consultation with indigenous peoples affected by nuclear power production.

It’s mutually exclusive. If we were consulting we wouldn’t be firmly determined, and “Resolved” implies a firm determination. Random House 10 writes
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary. “Resolved.” 2010. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/resolved
Definition of re•solved (rɪˈzɒlvd)  adj. firm in purpose or intent; determined. 1490–1500 re•solv′ed•ly, adv. re•solv′ed•ness, n. 

There are multiple barriers to prior consultation of indigenous people now. The impact is social conflicts which kill democracy and stability.
Oxfam 11 writes
Oxfam America. “The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Prior Consultation: The Situation in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.” May 5th, 2011. http://www.oxfamamerica.org/static/oa3/files/the-right-of-indigenous-people-to-prior-consultation-exec-summary.pdf
In the context ... contracts in hand. 

Indigenous people are key to global cultural diversity and indigenous culture is key to sustainable development.
UN no date writes
 South-North Development Monitor (goes by SUNS, A daily news report, based in Geneva, on international development issues with particular focus on North-South and South-South negotiations). “Extractive industries’ impact on indigenous peoples.” No. 7223. September 22nd, 2011.
Indigenous peoples currently ... sustainable development.

Tournament: Greenhill RR | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake EE | Judge: Harwood, Randall
A. Is the interp: The aff may not defend the phasing out of nuclear energy, but must defend normal means of affirming, i.e they must defend phasing out immediately also known as prohibition. Prohibit is defined as “to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law.” (Oxford English Dictionary)  

1) Predictability

Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 3 | Opponent: Flower Mound SD | Judge: Braden James
The Russian economy is recovering despite sanctions, but overseas nuclear sales are key. Aff stops all nuclear power sales.
NEI, 6/2/2015, Nuclear Engineering International, "Russia: Surviving sanctions", www.neimagazine.com/features/featurerussia-surviving-sanctions-4592602/
Russia’s economy, including ... 2015," he said.

Russian economic decline cases nuclear war
Sheldon Filger, 9, Author and founder of www.GlobalEconomicCrisis.com, June 10, 2009,“Russian Economy Faces Disastrous Free Fall Contraction”, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheldon-filger/russian-economy-faces-dis_b_201147.html
In Russia, historically,... instability in the world.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Grapevine TS | Judge: Malis
Closing nuclear plants forces increased fossil fuel use
Roston 15 Eric Roston, writer for Bloomberg, “Why Nuclear Power Is All but Dead in the U.S.” Bloomberg News, April 15, 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-15/soon-it-may-be-easier-to-build-a-nuclear-plant-in-iran-than-in-the-u-s-
Say what? The … anything to us."

Empirically verified. Germany proves that ending the production of nuclear power results in the increased use of coal, NOT renewables.
Lindsay Abrams (Staff Writer at Salon on sustainable energy), "Germany’s clean energy plan backfired", Salon, 07/30/2013,www.salon.com/2013/07/30/germanys_clean_energy_plan_backfired/
When a nuclear … World Nuclear Association.


The use of coal leads to detrimental health issues and is largely responsible for global warming. Keating 2001.
Martha Keating (Policy Advisor at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), “Cradle to Grave: the Environmental Impacts from Coal”, Clean Air Task Force, June, 2001
The electric … for climate change.


Global warming definitively causes extinction, Sharp and Kennedy,
Sharp and Kennedy 14 – (Associate Professor Robert (Bob) A. Sharp is the UAE National Defense College Associate Dean for Academic Programs and College Quality Assurance Advisor. He previously served as Assistant Professor of Strategic Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs (CISA) in the U.S. National Defense University (NDU), Washington D.C. and then as Associate Professor at the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, collocated with NDU. Most recently at NESA, he focused on security sector reform in Yemen and Lebanon, and also supported regional security engagement events into Afghanistan, Turkey, Egypt, Palestine and Qatar; Edward Kennedy is a renewable energy and climate change specialist who has worked for the World Bank and the Spanish Electric Utility ENDESA on carbon policy and markets; 8/22/14, “Climate Change and Implications for National Security,” International Policy Digest, http://intpolicydigest.org/2014/08/22/climate-change-implications-national-security/)
Our planet is … hard to fix!

And, turns case, The presence of coalmines in an area detrimentally affects the communities there, who are extremely poor minorities. Keating 2001.
Martha Keating (Policy Advisor at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), “Cradle to Grave: the Environmental Impacts from Coal”, Clean Air Task Force, June, 2001
Children living in … particles off-site.

The by-product of coal is more radioactive than the byproduct of nuclear energy. Hvistendahl 2007
Mara Hvistendahl (contributing correspondent for Science magazine, finalist for the Pulitzer prize) 12-13-2007 “Coal Ash Is More Radioactive Than Nuclear Waste”, Scientific American
Over the past …  around those areas.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Grapevine TS | Judge: Malis
CP Text: The EU will ban the production of nuclear power with the exception of energy produced by thorium reactors.
Thorium reactors are the most promising form of energy production in the future 

I have a solvency advocate. TINDALE.
Stephen Tindale   “Thorium: How to save Europe’s nuclear revival” CER June 2011 https://www.cer.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/pdf/2011/pb_thorium_june11-153.pdf  mp
There should, however, … made significantly safer.

Thorium reactors solve the aff.
Schaffer 13 Marvin Baker Schaffer, researcher for RAND corporation with expertise in Accelerator Physics, Medical Physics, Nuclear Physics, “Abundant thorium as an alternative nuclear fuel: Important waste disposal and weapon proliferation advantages,” Energy Policy Vol 60, September 13, 2013
The principal arguments … developed and demonstrated.

Mutually exclusive with the aff: the aff bans all nuclear energy production which would include thorium reactors

Thorium reactors are also way safer than traditional nuclear plants
Jacoby 15 Mitch Jacoby, senior correspondent at Civil and Engineering News, “Trying to Unleash the Power of Uranium,” Civil and Engineering News, July 6, 2015, http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i27/Trying-Unleash-Power-Thorium.html
Finally, thorium comes … plant operator intervention.

Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 3 | Opponent: Flower Mound SD | Judge: Braden James
Counterplan: The aff actor will fund transmutation research and processes to eliminate nuclear waste.  
And, Transmutation solves waste – cuts radioactive half-lives to under one year. July 29 2016. Asian Scientists
Smashing’ Radioactive Particles Can Help Clear Nuclear Waste . Asian Scientist Newsroom | July 29, 2016 | In the Lab /http://www.asianscientist.com/2016/07/in-the-lab/cesium-137-strontium-90-transmuted-isotopes-nuclear-waste-management/.  MP
 AsianScientist (Jul. 29, 2016) - Scientists in Japan ... of the paper.

Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 3 | Opponent: Flower Mound SD | Judge: Braden James
The brink is now, climate change is happening faster than we thought.  We have precious little time.
By Eric Holthaus August 5, 2015” The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here: The worst predicted impacts of climate change are starting to happen — and much faster than climate scientists expected. “ http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-point-of-no-return-climate-change-nightmares-are-already-here-20150805?utm_content=inf_10_2720_2andutm_source=facebookandutm_medium=cpcandutm_campaign=tseandtse_id=INF_dc19a64072be11e690605f8c08864990  MP
On July 20th, ... for sea-level rise."

Nuclear power is critical to stop catastrophic warming
Waldman 15 - Susanne, PhD in Risk Communication at Carleton University (“Why we Need Nuclear Power to Save the Environment” http://energyforhumanity.org/climate-energy/need-nuclear-power-save-environment/)  MP
The idea we ... fuel price volatility.

Climate change will destroy biodiversity worldwide-most qualified scientists agree.
China Daily, 7/21’6, http://english.people.com.cn/200607/21/eng20060721_285286.html 

The Earth is ... the authors say.