Jacob+S.+&+Josh+V. 

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Contention 1: Shipbuilding
Status quo emissions regulations will drive up fuel cost and crush the shipping industry Hirdaris 13- Dr. Spyro, Senior Specialist at Lloyd~’s Register, PHD in Naval Architecture at the University of Southampton, 2013 http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/351357/1/CONCEPTS%20FOR%20A%20MODULAR%20NUCLEAR%20POWERED%20CONTAINERSHIP.pdf\\CLans) The shipping industry is an efficient mode of transport and is responsible for 90% AND or to reconsider the use of heavy fuel oil and use alternative technologies.

Nuclear shipping is key to prevent a decline and increase volume SINGLA 2011 (Smita, MA in food tech and professional blogger on maritime issues, "Nuclear Ship Propulsion: Is it the Future of the Shipping Industry?," Marine Insight, Sept 2, http://www.marineinsight.com/tech/nuclear-ship-propulsion-is-it-the-future-of-the-shipping-industry/%23ixzz2BqcUcPcN) Amongst all the speculations and standing doubts about use of marine propulsion system based on AND smoke or particular pollutants that have become a menace all over the world.

Shipping key to stable food prices, trade, and world economic stability MITROPOULOS 2005 (Efthimios, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations, World Maritime Day Parallel Event, 11/15, International Maritime Organization, http://www.imo.org/Newsroom/mainframe.asp?topic_id=1028%26doc_id=5415) We hoped to kick-start moves towards creating a far broader awareness that a AND international shipping half the world would starve and the other half would freeze.

Transit time and fuel cost are key to food prices OECD 2012 (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, "Trade Costs," date is date last mod, Oct 29, www.oecd.org/tad/tradefacilitation/tradecosts.htm) Maritime transport costs Ships have moved goods across the world for thousands of years, AND that firms will enter export markets for time-sensitive products at all.

High food prices cause nuclear war CRIBB 2010 (Julian, Julian Cribb is a science communicator, journalist and editor AND crisis and what we can do to avoid it," p. 26) This is the most likely means by which the coming famine will affect all citizens AND widening gap between food and energy supplies and peoples~’ need to secure them.

The impact is global nuclear war Freidberg & Schonfeld, 8 —- *Professor of Politics and IR at Princeton~’s Woodrow Wilson School, AND **senior editor of Commentary and a visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton (10/21/2008, Aaron and Gabriel, "The Dangers of a Diminished America", Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)

With the global financial system in serious trouble, AND the stiff price tag of continued American leadership.

Trade prevents war, contains war, and checks escalation—solves all other impacts GRISWOLD 2011 (Daniel Griswold is director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute and author of Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. "Free Trade and the Global Middle Class," Hayek Society Journal Vol. 9 http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/Hayek-Society-Journal-Griswold.pdf) Our more globalized world has also yielded a "peace dividend." It may not AND and less likely those gains will be destroyed by civil conflict and war.

Contention 2: Shipbuilding
American shipbuilding is noncompetitive now—the plan revitalizes it by increasing orders and efficiency HAAS 2014 (Benjamin, engineering student at SUNY Maritime, "Strategies for the Success of Nuclear Powered Commercial Shipping," Presented to the Connecticut Maritime Association, March 2014, http://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/CMA-Nuclear-Paper_Benjamin-Haas-3.pdf) Nuclear powered vessels have inherently lower operating costs compared to conventional vessels. The United AND to container ships, to be even more competitive against their foreign counterparts.

Nuclear shipbuilding revitalizes industry jobs and boosts the economy—civilian orders are key HAAS 2014 (Benjamin, engineering student at SUNY Maritime, "Strategies for the Success of Nuclear Powered Commercial Shipping," Presented to the Connecticut Maritime Association, March 2014, http://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/CMA-Nuclear-Paper_Benjamin-Haas-3.pdf) According to a recent study done by MARAD in 2013 on the impact of America~’s AND ships could be considerable once their place in the world market becomes widespread.

Commercial shipbuilding industry is key to naval power and overall US hard power A.M.P 2014 (American Maritime Partnership, "National Security," No date, date is date accessed, June 29, 2014 http://www.americanmaritimepartnership.com/national-security/) A strong and vibrant maritime industry helps ensure the United States maintains its expertise in AND vessels is not only a strategic asset but also fundamental to national security."

Naval reliance is inevitable—only a matter of effectiveness WHITENECK 2010 (Daniel Whiteneck • Michael Price • Neil Jenkins •Peter Swartz, CNA Analysis %26 Solutions, "The Navy at a Tipping Point: Maritime Dominance at Stake?" March, http://www.public.navy.mil/usff/documents/navy_at_tipping_point.pdf) In the future, the demand for the Navy will continue to be part of AND diplomacy to support administration priorities and to support security cooperation activities by COCOMs.

No one can fill in for US naval power WHITENECK 2010 (Daniel Whiteneck • Michael Price • Neil Jenkins •Peter Swartz, CNA Analysis %26 Solutions, "The Navy at a Tipping Point: Maritime Dominance at Stake?" March, http://www.public.navy.mil/usff/documents/navy_at_tipping_point.pdf) Second, no other country (or combination of countries) will create the forces AND of assets) would quickly deplete their resources and political support at home.

US naval power guarantees hegemony, prevents attacks on the US mainland, and deters potential rivals from even attempting to change the status quo FRIEDMAN 2007 (George, PhD, Chief Executive Officer and founder of STRATFOR, "The Limitations and Necessity of Naval Power," April 10, http://www.stratfor.com/limitations_and_necessity_naval_power) This raises a more fundamental question: What is the value of naval power in AND fundamentally indispensable role the Navy plays in U.S. national security.

There’s no alternative to American power—US decline exacerbates every impact and cause nuclear war FERGUSON 2004 (Niall, Prof of History at NYU, Foreign Policy, July/August) So what is left? Waning empires. Religious revivals. Incipient anarchy. A AND powers would benefit from such a not-so-new world disorder.

Plan
The United States Federal Government should establish a regulatory framework for the use of nuclear reactors on commercial ships and guarantee insurance coverage for them under the Price-Anderson Act.

Contention 3: Solvency
Federal support and oversight is key to develop nuclear shipping ADAMS 1995 (Rodney, Nuclear Power for Commercial Ships, Paper presented at Propulsion ~’95, a conference of maritime professionals sponsored by the Marine Log. New Orleans, LA. Oct 30-31 1995 http://www.atomicengines.com/Ship_paper.html)

There is currently little interest in the United States on the part of either the AND ships to compete more effectively with aircraft in the market for international deliveries.

Federal insurance increases acceptance of nuclear power and creates a commercial role HAAS 2014 (Benjamin, engineering student at SUNY Maritime, "Strategies for the Success of Nuclear Powered Commercial Shipping," Presented to the Connecticut Maritime Association, March 2014, http://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/CMA-Nuclear-Paper_Benjamin-Haas-3.pdf) Current protection and indemnity insurance for nuclear reactors in the United States follows the Price AND are available, and a modern understanding of radiation health effects is adopted.

Shipping companies would adopt nuclear power and international entities would license it—government support is the key barrier TIME 2010 ("Nuclear Cruise Ships Ahoy?" Nov 15, http://science.time.com/2010/11/15/nuclear-cruise-ships-ahoy/%23ixzz2Bq9wGdYH) Today Lloyd~’s Register, the international standards organization for the classification and design of ships AND consider in how to manage the much larger risk of global climate change."

The US is key—best regulatory structure HAAS 2014 (Benjamin, engineering student at SUNY Maritime, "Strategies for the Success of Nuclear Powered Commercial Shipping," Presented to the Connecticut Maritime Association, March 2014, http://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/CMA-Nuclear-Paper_Benjamin-Haas-3.pdf) In order to reduce quality control costs and ensure efficient factory production, only countries AND is possible if the reactor is designed and tested in the United States.

The plan spurs a US-dominated global market and revitalizes the US economy HAAS 2014 (Benjamin, engineering student at SUNY Maritime, "Strategies for the Success of Nuclear Powered Commercial Shipping," Presented to the Connecticut Maritime Association, March 2014, http://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/CMA-Nuclear-Paper_Benjamin-Haas-3.pdf) However, once nuclear powered ships are accepted by a wide range of countries, AND be able to achieve the productivity needed to create a sustainable shipbuilding program.

No shipwreck impact FEMENIA 2012 (Jose, Prof at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Is The Time Right For Commercial Nuclear Powered Vessels? http://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/SNAME/ee3b8f97-c746-4d85-bede-cd348a202053/UploadedImages/Is%20The%20Time%20Is%20Right%20For%20Commercial%20Nuclear%20Powered%20Vessels-J.Femenia%20%28Full%20Paper-080812%29.pdf) Another potential source of pollution created by nuclear powered commercial vessels is if the vessels AND removal and retrieval, a great challenge for marine engineers and naval architects.

No waste issue FEMENIA 2012 (Jose, Prof at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Is The Time Right For Commercial Nuclear Powered Vessels? http://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/SNAME/ee3b8f97-c746-4d85-bede-cd348a202053/UploadedImages/Is%20The%20Time%20Is%20Right%20For%20Commercial%20Nuclear%20Powered%20Vessels-J.Femenia%20%28Full%20Paper-080812%29.pdf) An argument can be made that the nuclear spent fuel is a major pollutant. AND would have much low power levels compared to gegawatt electrical utility power plants.

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1NC's
Biomethane CP, Heidegger K, T-Increase, T-It's, T- Development, Space Tradeoff, Privates CP, NOAA Tradeoff, Politics (GOP Good), Security, Capitalism, Anthro

2NR
Biomethane CP, Heidegger K, T-Increase, T-It's, T- Development, Security, Capitalism, Anthro