Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Apple Valley KA | Judge: Woods, Jared
US Naval readiness is strong and presence is key to deterring conflict.
Katz ‘13, Doublas (retired vice admiral, former commander of the Fifth Fleet), "A Strong Navy," The Hill, 1-3-13, thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-budget/275395-a-strong-navy, accessed 1-24-13
On the other … they flare up.

Banning the production of nuclear power kills US Naval presence.
WNA ’16, (Is the international organization that promotes nuclear power and supports the companies that comprise the global nuclear industry. Its members come from all parts of the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, uranium conversion, uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel fabrication, plant manufacture, transport, and the disposition of used nuclear fuel as well as electricity generation itself.1 Together, WNA members are responsible for 70 of the world's nuclear power as well as the vast majority of world uranium, conversion and enrichment production.2)World Nuclear Association (), "Nuclear-Powered Ships", WNA, Updated June 2016, www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/transport/nuclear-powered-ships.aspx
Russia built 248 nuclear … since 1958 is 1.03 mSv per year.

Naval power prevents Asian wars-  specifically China
Hultin and Blair ‘06, (Jerry MacArthur Hultin, Undersecretary for the Navy, Dennis Blair, former President for the Institute of Defense Analysis and Admiral, US Navy), “Naval Power and Globalization,” September, 2006  http://www.poly.edu/president/_doc/hultin20naval20power.pdf
Even if the … any crisis situation.  

The next great power war will cause extinction
Dyer ’04, Gwynne Dyer December 30, 2004 Toronto Star "The End of War Our Task Over the Next Few Years is to Transform the World of Independent States into a Genuine Global Village" http://www.commondre...s04/1230-05.htm
War is deeply … die-back of human population.

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.