Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Apple Valley KA | Judge: Woods, Jared
CP: The United States should not ban the production of nuclear power. The United States should retain the production of nuclear power for nuclear marine propulsion. The United States should ban the production of nuclear power in all other instances.
Nuclear marine propulsion qualifies as the production of nuclear power – Navy career recruitment website proves classification.
US Navy "Nuclear Power, https://www.navy.com/careers/nuclear-power.html MOVING SHIPS, SUBMARINES AND SCIENCE FORWARD They operate and … to take on.
The US Navy use of nuclear marine propulsion is completely safe – empirics prove.
World Nuclear Association ‘16 (The World Nuclear Association is the international organization that represents the global nuclear industry. Its mission is to promote a wider understanding of nuclear energy among key international influencers by producing authoritative information, developing common industry positions, and contributing to the energy debate.), "Nuclear-Powered Ships", WNA Website, Updated June 2016, www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/transport/nuclear-powered-ships.aspx
The US Navy has … including 75 submarines.
The waste for nuclear marine propulsion is deposited in a deep geological repository.
Ragheb ‘15, Dr. Magdi (Professor at the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign), “Nuclear Marine Propulsion”, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI, 10/15/2015, http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/~ernesto/F2010/EP2/Materials4Students/Misiaszek/NuclearMarinePropulsion.pdf
Navy nuclear ships … deep geological repository.
Deep geological disposal is a safe method of nuclear waste management.
Picot ’01, Cynthia (Nuclear Energy Agency Chief of Cabinet, Head of the Central Secretariat, External Relations and Public Affairs), Hans Riotte (Head of the Radiation Protection and Radioactive Waste Management Division at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Holds a PhD in nuclear physics), and Jorge Lang-Lenton Leon (Director of Communication, ENRESA), “Sustainable solutions for radioactive waste”, OECD Observer, 2001, http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/531/Sustainable_solutions_for_radioactive_waste.html
The long-term solution … natural background radiation.