Holt+-+Nuclear+Tax+Incentives

Larry **Parker**   **and**  Mark  **Holt** , Specialists in Energy Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division, March 9,  **2007**  , Nuclear Power: Outlook for New U.S. Reactors, CRS Report for Congress, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33442.pdf Construction of… to be obtained. ** The United States federal government should expand the Nuclear Production Tax Credit in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to cover 100% of an eligible nuclear reactor’s output and eliminate the 6,000-megawatt limit for any nuclear reactor with a closed fuel cycle that applies for a Nuclear Regulatory Committee license by December 31, 2009. ** ** Expanding US nuclear energy is critical to restoring US credibility ** James E. **Hickey** , Jr., Professor of Law, Director of International and Comparative Law Programs, Hofstra Law School, IDEA: REVIVING THE NUCLEAR POWER OPTION IN THE UNITED STATES: USING DOMESTIC ENERGY LAW TO CURE TWO PERCEPTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ILLEGALITY, Hofstra Law Review, 35 Hofstra L. Rev. 425, Winter 20  **06,**  Lexis [JH] It may now … foreign policy for decades. Heiko **Borchert**  (business and political consultant)  **and**  Mary  **Hampton**  (associate professor of political science at the University of Utah) Spring  **2002**  “The Lessons of Kosovo: Boon or Bust for Transatlantic Security?” Orbis, v46 issue 2 Many__ of the proponents … __t occasion to defect. ** Leadership is essential to prevent global nuclear exchange ** Zalmay **Khalilzad** , RAND, The Washington Quarterly, Spring 19  **95** Under the third option, …balance of power system. ** Electricity demand is going to skyrocket, requiring new coal or nuclear plants in the US. Investors will pursue nuclear power ** Fred **Bosselman**  (Professor of Law Emeritus, Chicago-Kent College of Law)  **2007**  “The new power generation: environmental law and electricity innovation: colloquium article: the ecological advantages of nuclear power”, New York University Environmental Law Journal, lexis Electric utilities need … under unusual circumstances. ** Absent effective nuclear power, widespread coal use devastates ecosystems, crushes biodiversity, pollutes groundwater, and contributes to catastrophic climate change ** Fred **Bosselman**  (Professor of Law Emeritus, Chicago-Kent College of Law)  **2007**  “The new power generation: environmental law and electricity innovation: colloquium article: the ecological advantages of nuclear power”, New York University Environmental Law Journal, lexis __ 1.   __Coal Mining Is …__decade __are negligible__.__ ** Increasing our reliance on coal for electricity generation will release enough emissions to trigger runaway global warming – the impact is extinction ** Dale Allen **Pfeiffer** , geologist and peak oil theorist, author of the widely-acclaimed books //Giants in Their Steps// and //The End Of The Oil Age//. “Global Climate Change & Peak Oil,” Wilderness Publications 20 **04**  http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/072004_global_climate3.shtml As oil and natural gas …like a house of cards__.__ ** Independently, burning low quality coal provides less energy AND results in more emissions – supercharges our impact ** Dr G **Lu** , University of Kent. “Quantitative Characterisation of Flame Radical Emissions for Combustion Optimisation through Spectroscopic Imaging,” Grant proposal 7/11/20 **08**  http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/G002398/1 __ The power generation industry relies heavily on coal despite the availability of other energy sources. The __use of low …__emissions to the environment.__ **Ecosystem loss risk extinction-** gender modified David N. **Diner**  (Judge Advocate General’s Corps of US Army)  **1994**  Military Law Review, Lexis __ No species has ever … __ closer to the abyss. ** Only an international spread of reprocessing tech can make nuclear power safe ** Todd **Lagus** , MS Mechanical Engineering, August 4,  **2005**  , “Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Policy Analysis”, http://www.wise-intern.org/journal/2005/Lagus.pdf __ Instead of sitting back …   __with the treaty__.__ ** The plan is key, US nuclear energy policy is modeled worldwide ** Man-Sung **Yim**  Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University,  **2006** , “Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Future Expansion of Nuclear Power”, Forthcoming in Progress in Nuclear Energy, [|http://64.233.179.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:f-SGKA2PVegJ:www.cistp.gatech.edu/Programs/SamNunnSecurity/Researchpapers/Yim_nuclear_nonproliferation_and_future_expansion_of_NP_Final_to_INTA_10_12_05.pdf+%22nuclear+power%22+OR+%22nuclear+energy%22+AND+reprocess+OR+reprocessing+OR+%22closed+fuel+cycle%22+OR+%22closed+cycle%22+AND] + __ The nuclear power …   __nuclear power program__.__ ** Cascading proliferation is inevitable without American credibility and influence ** Stephen Peter **Rosen,**  Professor of National Security at Harvard. National Interest, Spring 20 **03.**  “An Empire, If you Can Keep It.” Rather than wrestle …much more attractive. ** Proliferation causes nuclear war ** Samuel **Totten,**  Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of Arkansas, The Widening Circle of Genocide,  **1994** , p. 289 There are numerous …__of a renegade government.__ ** Current federal programs cap available funds at $18.5 billion – removing the cap is key to motivating investors ** **Inside Energy with Federal Lands** June 9  **2008**  “Limits on loan guarantee program seen blunting its impact on nuclear revival”, lexis __ Representatives of __the Energy …__what we do nuclear," Inhofe said.__ ** Tax credits make reprocessing economically competitive **   Todd  **Lagus** , MS Mechanical Engineering, August 4,  **2005**  , “Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Policy Analysis”, http://www.wise-intern.org/journal/2005/Lagus.pdf   The economic analysis …applied to reprocessing.    ** A single reactor supplies nuclear isotopes for medical treatments in ALL hospitals in North America – its recent shutdown has sent hospitals reeling **     **NYT**   New York Times   **,**   “   Reactor Shutdown Causing Medical Isotope Shortage   ”, December 6, 20   **07**   , Lexis      Medical treatments are …__tests that require the isotope.  __  ** Providing loan guarantees is the only way to ensure that enough new nuclear plants will be built to meet rising energy demands **   Theodore G.  **Adams**  (health physicist at T. G.Adams and Associates in Springville) June 8  **2008**  “Federal loan guarantees key to nuclear plant construction”, The Buffalo News Opinion, http://www.buffalonews.com/367/story/365369.html Electricity companies plan …environmental well-being__.__ ** Fortunately, expanding our domestic nuclear power industry would provide sufficient stores of nuclear isotopes, which are key to solving AIDs and other diseases ** **Africa News** (Africa News, Namibia; Nuclear Energy for Medicine, June 15, 20  **07** , Lexis) __ Like Janus, …   __**of nuclear technology.**   ** Unchecked AIDS results in extinction ** Robert **Ornstein**, University of California Medical Center, Paul **Ehrlich**, Center for Conservation Biology, New World New Mind, **1989** , p.129 AIDS  clearly has …be overlooked  __.
 * The incentives contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 are insufficient to prompt new domestic nuclear reactor construction **
 * Sub-point  __is US credibility:__   **
 * U.S.  credibility is key to heg   **