Russia Adv – 1ac

a2 Nuke Power Bad

Nuclear Lobby indicts are a lie- nuclear power is the most viable option for the future (alternately- all their authors are oil lobbyists)

Mian 11- Retired senior World Bank official, Director of the general office of utility regulation

(Zia, “Energy sustainability and supply security,”7/17/11, http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110717/focus/focus9.html, CJC)

When one speaks of nuclear energy, it is interpreted by some that a nuclear lobby is driving the thought process. Nothing could be further from reality. Countries need to have a vision to move forward and secure their future. In the case of Jamaica, energy cost has been a hurdle to growth, as well as an impediment to international and regional competitiveness of the productive sector. It is a fact that more than 94 per cent of Jamaica's energy needs are met from imported oil. Reluctance of successive administrations to make timely decisions to add adequate generation capacity, thus avoiding costly blackouts, have resulted in the acquisition of high-cost peaking generation plants on an emergency basis. These plants are run on diesel oil and, at present, provide a substantial part of our baseload electricity. Such baseload capacity is expensive in comparison to conventional baseload generation. If this situation is not reversed, we face a bleak future. During the early 1990s, the vision for Jamaica's power sector was to develop coal-fired baseload generation capacity at Salt River to be commissioned in either 2001 or 2002. A lot of preparatory work was done to achieve this objective, including a Japanese grant through the World Bank to provide technical assistance for this project. Unfortunately, lack of investment decisions on this strategy ultimately resulted in the addition of diesel fuel-based generation capacity that was acquired during the early 2000s to avoid blackouts. By 2001, developments in the LNG industry had made it more attractive to deploy combined-cycle technology while using low-cost natural gas as the diversification fuel. This vision proposed a timeline to bring LNG to Jamaica by 2005. We are now hoping that LNG will fire the proposed 480MW of new generation capacity expected to be commissioned by 2014-2016. In the meantime, Jamaica has paid heavily for the importation of liquid fuels to keep the economy humming. Considering global developments, in achieving its vision for the 2020s and beyond, an alternative option for Jamaica is to deploy hybrid nuclear technology with plant sizes that do not compromise its system reliability and safety. This is the vision that will allow Jamaica to bring cheap electricity, while reducing its dependence on imported oil, with its politically volatile prices.
We control UQ – The nuclear industry is improving now—assumes their warrants.

Herbst and Hopley 07—*General Partner of Utilis Energy, LLC; U.S. Energy Practice Area Manager for Data Monitor Inc.; energy analysis and consulting positions with the PIRA Energy Group and Standard & Poor’s; MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He has a BA in History and Biology from Washington University; Series 3 Certification (Futures and Commodities) from the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) **Lead commodities analyst for North American natural gas, electric power, and plastics markets, Senior director of energy market analysis for Duke Energy North America in Houston, New Power Company and Enron North America, electric power practice of PIRA Energy Group in New York

(Alan and George, “Nuclear Energy Now: Why the Time has Come for the World’s Most Misunderstood Energy Source”, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007, http://personal.stevens.edu/~plindner/Stuff/books/Nuclear%20Energy%20Now%20-%20A.%20Herbst,%20G.%20Hopley%20(Wiley,%202007)%20WW.pdf)//AW

The U.S. nuclear industry, while a major producer of electric power for the nation, has not had a new reactor licensed or built for decades. This clean source of electricity generation has been greatly underutilized during the last quarter-century as a result of misinformation, negative press accounts, and a prior history of cost overruns and financing difficulties. Since the last new U.S. nuclear reactors were built, significant changes have taken place within the nuclear industry, but many of these changes have gone virtually unnoticed by the public. Enhanced regulatory oversight, improved management, and industry consolidation now make the U.S. nuclear industry a model of cost-efficient, safe, and reliable electricity generation. Our growing dependence on imported energy and concerns over greenhouse gas emissions and global warming created from the combustion of fossil fuels require that we limit to the fullest extent possible our further reliance on oil, coal, and natural gas, and recommit ourselves to nuclear energy to help meet our future energy demands. The U.S. nuclear industry is now poised for a rebirth. Utility executives realize they must bring significant amounts of cost-effective generation on line over the next decade, and they have taken the initial steps to obtain the required permits and licenses from receptive federal authorities to construct such facilities.
The nuclear industry is consistently improving.

Herbst and Hopley 07—*General Partner of Utilis Energy, LLC; U.S. Energy Practice Area Manager for Data Monitor Inc.; energy analysis and consulting positions with the PIRA Energy Group and Standard & Poor’s; MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He has a BA in History and Biology from Washington University; Series 3 Certification (Futures and Commodities) from the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) **Lead commodities analyst for North American natural gas, electric power, and plastics markets, Senior director of energy market analysis for Duke Energy North America in Houston, New Power Company and Enron North America, electric power practice of PIRA Energy Group in New York

(Alan and George, “Nuclear Energy Now: Why the Time has Come for the World’s Most Misunderstood Energy Source”, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007, http://personal.stevens.edu/~plindner/Stuff/books/Nuclear%20Energy%20Now%20-%20A.%20Herbst,%20G.%20Hopley%20(Wiley,%202007)%20WW.pdf)//AW

The past 60 years have brought considerable change to the nuclear power industry. At first, this exotic technology was relatively unproven and was viewed with significant levels of concern. While opposition to this form of electricity generation increased following two highly publicized accidents, public opinion in favor of nuclear power has remained strong. Now, after many years of quietly operating and producing approximately 20 percent of the United States’ electricity, the nuclear industry appears to have weathered the storm of negative events and the backlash of public opinion. Decades of proven operations have even most of its critics acknowledging the technology’s ability to create vast amounts of commercial electric power—power badly needed by the general public to run the everyday life conveniences that we now take for granted, such as throwing a load of laundry in the washing machine or going online to surf the Internet. Current market fundamentals and economics now favor the expansion of the U.S. nuclear industry, and numerous utilities have begun the process to build and operate additional nuclear generation plants. During the summer of 2006, plans were in the works to build 18 new facilities, most of which would be sited next to existing nuclear units. In today’s environment of increasing energy demand and geopolitical instability, nuclear power remains a technology that has not been utilized to its fullest potential. The chapters that follow show how and why the U.S. nuclear sector is poised for renewed growth and identify the drivers behind this anticipated growth.