S&T - Nuclear energy

Question 1

Ensures a nation’s energy independence

Answer 1

1) France: powers 40% of energy needs
- able to meet burgeoning pop. growth
- gargantuan increase in energy needs

Question 2

It is an integral expression of nations’s sovereignty

Answer 2

• pose as a massive deterrent to prospective aggressors - securing a nation’s existence
  1) Israel: some believe that Syria’s reluctance to commit more attacks on Haifa in 1973 - due to fear of Israel’s nuclear retaliation; hence, VINDICATES Israel’s national nuclear programme

Question 3

Energy independence - can be secured through other means

Answer 3

1) use of hydroelectric energy (Three Gorges Dam)

Aswan Dam - provides 50% of the energy needs

Question 4

Historical evidence show that nuclear programmes pose significant and unmitigated propensity for disaster

Answer 4

• even the strictest guidelines can fail; most stringent checks cannot eliminate propensity for disaster

Question 5

LKY: “what you cannot defend you cannot own

Answer 5

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