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=1AC - Sub-seabed Nuclear Waste Disposal=

Sub seabed disposal is the __safest and cheapest__ approach—__trades-off__ with land disposal techniques—tech and procedures __exist now__
In my seemingly endless desire to dive headfirst into controversy, let me return to AND and far less expensive than other approaches being focused on most actively today.
 * Wilson** 1/16/**14**—founder of BuildingGreen, Inc. and executive editor of Environmental Building News, founded the Resilient Design Institute (Alex, "Safe Storage of Nuclear Waste", Green Building Advisor, [|www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/energy-solutions/safe-storage-nuclear-waste)//twonily]

As you may know, __the US has struggled for decades to find an acceptable__ __AND__ capacity. **__Is a little foresight too much to ask for,__** here?
 * Nuclear waste is set to skyrocket without proper disposal techniques—a permanent storage is key—prefer __predictive__ evidence**
 * Merchant 9** – contributer @ TreeHugger Politics, Slate, Paste, Salon, GOOD, and Huff Post (Brian Merchant, 7/23/9, “Securing Long Term Nuclear Waste Storage “Not an Urgent Problem,” http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/securing-long-term-nuclear-waste-storage-not-an-urgent-problem.html)//twonily

First is nuclear terrorism—
//__In__ the hotly contested American __presidential election in 2004, the two candidates agreed on__// //__AND__// //they persuaded military authorities to drop the bomb, untested, on Hiroshima.//
 * Nuclear terrorism is inevitable in the next decade—prefer expert consensus**
 * Allison**, 4/16/**7** — professor of political science at Harvard; professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Graham T., “How Likely is a Nuclear Terrorist Attack on the United States?” Council on Foreign Relations, [])//twonily//

//**Reject their generic impact defense—__Empirics prove__ fuel theft from nuclear waste by terrorists is __possible__ and __likely__**// //**Lowe 5** – Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology, and Society @ Griffith University, President of the Australian Conservation Foundation (Prof. Ian Lowe, September 2005, “Nuclear Power: No Solution to Climate Change,” http://www.acfonline.org.au/sites/default/files/resources/Nuclear_Power_No_Solution_to_Climate_Change.pdf)//twonily __Most countries pursuing__ a __covert nuclear weapons__ program have __attempted to develop__ a __domestic capacity__ AND of the engendered fear and the potentially lengthy and costly clean-up.

Nuclear __smuggling__ – much of it __from civil nuclear programs__ – __presents a **significant challenge**__ AND __of regions, most worryingly in the **Middle East** and the **Korean Peninsula**__ .”
 * On-site storage causes terrorism**
 * Lowe 5** – Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology, and Society @ Griffith University, President of the Australian Conservation Foundation (Prof. Ian Lowe, September 2005, “Nuclear Power: No Solution to Climate Change,” http://www.acfonline.org.au/sites/default/files/resources/Nuclear_Power_No_Solution_to_Climate_Change.pdf)//twonily

A terrorist nuclear attack, and even the use of nuclear weapons in response by AND for the terrorists. This might not help the chances of nuclear restraint.
 * Terrorism leads to great power warfare—only scenario for escalation**
 * Ayson 10** (Robert, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies – Victoria University of Wellington, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects”, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33(7), July, InformaWorld)

Second is biodiversity—
// Still, __scientists and citizens__ — especially those based in Nevada — __argue the mountain__// //__AND__// // "but it's difficult, even impossible to say that now with confidence." //
 * Yucca makes leaks inevitable – volcanic eruptions**
 * Onion 5/17** – staff writer for ABC News (Amanda Onion, 5/17/14, “Nuclear Waste: Do we Know what to Do With It?” http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98555&page=1&singlePage=true)//twonily//

//**Nuclear waste devastates the environment**// //**Hynes 14** – Traprock Center for Peace and Justice in western Massachusetts, retired environmental engineer and Professor of Environmental Health (Pat Hynes, Summer 2014, “The “Invisible Casualty of War:” The Environmental Destruction of U.S. Militarism, http://traprock.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Militarism-and-the-Environment.pdf)//twonily Since the United States exploded the first nuclear bomb in New Mexico in 1945, AND , __it defies technical solutions for permanent environmental cleanup and environmental safety__ .15

//***we do not endorse the gendered language this card has been edited to remove**// //**AND**// //__the oceans__**, apart from all the massive oil leaks into the seas. **//
 * Leaks __devastate__ pollinators – __extinction__**
 * TLB 14** – The Liberty Beacon (TLB Staff, 6/8/14, “Racing Toward Total Extinction,” http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/06/08/racing-toward-total-extinction/)//twonily//

//Squo storage methods cause stockpiles to explode – outweighs global warming// //Fleming 7 **– MA @ Oxford, MBA @ Cranfield, worked in industry, financial services and environmental consultancy, designed Tradable Energy Quotas (David Fleming, 2007, “The Lean Guide to Nuclear Energy – A Life Cycle In Trouble,” http://energyskeptic.com/2014/david-fleming-2007-the-lean-guide-to-nuclear-energy-a-life-cycle-in-trouble/)**//**twonily**
 * __Nuclear power is a source of high-level waste which has to be sequestered__**
 * __AND__**
 * a distraction from the need to face up to the coming energy gap. **

Leaks cause extinction Lewis 13 **– talk radio host @ Ground Zero (Clyde Lewis, 2/26/13, “Fear of a Nuclear Harvest,” http://www.groundzeromedia.org/fear-of-a-nuclear-harvest/)//twonily//**
 * // The highest levels of depleted uranium ever measured in the atmosphere in the U. //**
 * // AND //**
 * //__through a catastrophic cycle that may include__//** //__nuclear disasters **and**__** possible bomb **__detonations__** . **//

//Nuclear waste leaks cause __extinction__// //Ruppert 14 **– LAPD officer, investigative journalist, political activist, peak oil awareness advocate (Michael C. Ruppert, 4/13/14, “The Three** __Guarantors of Near-Term Extinction__**,” http://www.amara.org/en/videos/K3AaltJQ619V/en/692937/?tab=subtitles)**//**twonily** AND alone a million. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
 * The **__second__** of these **__causes of death is radiation__** . By now we understand fully

Advantage 2 is nuclear leadership
// In my seemingly endless desire to dive headfirst into controversy, let me return to // // AND // //__and far less expensive than other approaches__ being focused on most actively today. //
 * The plan is __comparatively better__ than alternatives – it’s the key starting point to __revitalize__ nuclear leadership**
 * Wilson 14** – founder of BuildingGreen and the RDI Institute (Alex Wilson, 1/14/14, “Safe storage of nuclear waste,” http://www.reformer.com/columnists/ci_24904718/safe-storage-nuclear-waste)//twonily//

//**Extinction**// //**Mazo 10** (Jeffrey, Ph.D. in Paleoclimatology – UCLA, Managing Editor – Survival, and Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy –International Institute for Strategic Studies, “Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it”, pg. 122, March)// // The best estimates for global warming to the end of the century range from 2 // // AND // //__adaptation__ to these extremes __would mean profound__ social, cultural and political __changes__. //

//**Sub seabed is the most __sustainable__ and __technologically feasible__ solution—other countries will __model__ US’s nuclear policies—empirics prove**// //**Dillon, 10**— B.A. in history from Georgetown University and a Ph.D from Cornell, historian who writes on science, medicine, and history (Kenneth J., Scientia Press, [|www.scientiapress.com/nuclearwaste)//twonily]// // So __a shared__// __international solution to__// the problems of //the long-term storage of AND //__would be buried in a single sub-seabed storage area__// __seems promising//**.**__

The plan solves—__multiple__ layers of protection from leakages—oceans are comparatively better than land due to __dilution__
For many people the __sticking point for nuclear power is, what do we do__ __AND__ __much less dangerous at the bottom of the ocean than at the top.__
 * Eschenbach**, 5/6/**11**—B.A. from Sonoma State University (Willis, "A Modest Proposal for Nuclear Waste Disposal", Watss up With That, wattsupwiththat.com/2011/05/06/a-modest-proposal-for-nuclear-waste-disposal/)//twonily

__American military hegemony__ in Europe, Asia and the Middle East __depends on the ability__ __AND__ __state from allowing American bases and military build-ups on its soil__.
 * Independently, it undermines US nuclear deterrence – that kills heg**
 * Lind 7** (Michael, Senior Fellow – New America Foundation, The National Interest, “Beyond American Hegemony”, May/June, Lexis)